You have a Turing Machine $T = \{ \{ A \} \mid A$ is a DFA and $L(A) = \Sigma^* \}$ i.e. the DFA that accepts all languages. Show it's decidable. Can you use the complement of this, the DFA that accepts the empty language which I believe is decidable by Rice's Theorem to show this is decidable? And if so why does that work? Is it because decidable languages are closed under complementation?
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T = "On input {A} where A is a DFA
$\quad \quad$1. Mark the Start State of A
$\quad \quad$2. Repeat until no new state get marked
$\quad \quad \quad \quad$2(1). Mark any state that has a transition coming into it from any state already marked
$\quad \quad$3. If all the marked state(s) are accepting state, then $Accept$; otherwise $Reject$"
Suppose B = $\bar{A}$ i.e. L(B)= $\phi$
There are two cases
$Case-1:$
N = "On input {B} where B is a DFA
$\quad \quad$1. Run TM T on {B}
$\quad \quad$2. If T Accepts, $Reject$; and if Rejects, $Accept$"
$\implies$ N is not working correctly
$Case-2:$
M = "On input {B} where B is a DFA
$\quad \quad$1. Mark the Start State of B
$\quad \quad$2. Repeat until no new state get marked
$\quad \quad \quad \quad$2(1). Mark any state that has a transition coming into it from any already marked state
$\quad \quad$3. If no accepting state is marked, then $Accept$; otherwise $Reject$"
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This is the answer I had but you didn't really answer my question. I asked why does this show an ALL DFA accepts by showing the empty string accepts – Aaron Oct 27 '14 at 23:11