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Rice's theorem

Rice's theorem, formulated in 1953, extends the implications of the halting problem by stating that any non-trivial property of a program's behavior is undecidable. This means that not only is it impossible to determine if a program will halt, but also to determine whether it will produce a specific output, use a certain amount of memory, or call a particular function. The theorem underscores the inherent limitations of algorithmic analysis in computer science.

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