White whale

White whale refers to the small class of Turing machines up to 10 rules, i.e. machines with 3 states and 3 symbols, 5 states and 2 symbols or 2 states and 5 symbols.James Harland (2016) Busy beaver machines and the observant otter heuristic (or how to tame dreadful dragons) Theoretical Computer Science 646, 20: 61-85. (Preprint at arxiv) The name was given by James HarlandJames Harland at RMIT University, Australia as part of his Zany Zoo project.James Harland. The Busy Beaver, the Placid Platypus and other Crazy Creatures
The most well known white whale (5 states, 2 symbols) has been confirmed to be 4098 in 2024.
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