Google search says GSeq is computable, which makes sense since there's a recipe to follow for computing it. However, the calc of how long process takes to terminate is not

From Google AI search result:

Yes, the Goodstein sequence is computable, but the function that maps a starting number to the number of steps it takes for the sequence to reach zero is not provably total in Peano Arithmetic (PA). While a Turing machine can enumerate the sequence and determine when it reaches zero, the proof of termination relies on principles beyond PA

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The number of steps to reach zero of GS(12) > Graham’s Number, and if you were to do GS(GS(12)), you’re off the scale. Basically it’s not simply recursive like GN, but grows at a faster level (Epsilon0 on the fast growing hierarchy). But yeah I guess it’s computable because it follows basic rules unlike TREE(3).

Have a few things I'll need to learn up on. Thanks