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Describe the computational power of a single tape Turing machine compared to a nondeterministic single tape Turing machine. I
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Since every multi-tape Turing machine can be simulated by single-tape Turing machine, hence in terms of computation power, both are equivalent.

If a multi-tape Turing machine has T tapes, then we can divide the single tape of single tape Turing-machine into T tracks and hence every single move of multi-tape Turing machine can be simulated by O(T) moves of single-tape Turing machine. Hence if O(N) is time complexity of multi-tape Turing machine then O(NT) will be the time complexity of single tape Turing machine. Hence the difference in time complexity is polynomial and not exponential.

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