Test: Equivalence of One-Tape & Multitape TM’S - Computer Science Engineering (CSE) MCQ

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Multitape turing machines do have multiple tapes but they they are accessed by separate heads.

A multitape turing machine is an ordinary turing machine which is always abstract.And they do have their equivalent single tape turing machines.

Multitrack turing machines are special types of Multitape turing machines. In a standard n-tape Turing machine, n heads move independently along n-tracks.

In a n-track Turing machine, one head reads and writes on all tracks simultaneously. A tape position in a n-track Turing Machine contains n symbols from the tape alphabet.

All of the mentioned are one or the other kind of Turing machines in existence.

One needs a finite number of tapes. The proofs that show the equivalence between multi-tape TM and one-band TM rely on the fact that the number of tapes is bounded.

 Its the theorem that states Every multitape turing machine can be simulated by a single tape turing machine and the corresponding language can be accepted.

Tms can be used as both: language recognizers/Computers. TMs are like universal computing machines with universal storage.