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Inexpressibility in Exp-Minus-Log

Logic 2026-05-05 v1 Logic in Computer Science

Abstract

Odrzywo\l{}ek defined a system Exp-Minus-Log (EML) that reduces all elementary functions over complex numbers down to a constant `11', and a single two place function E(α,β)=exp(α)log(β)E(\alpha, \beta) = \exp(\alpha) - \log(\beta). This paper shows that in this system, equivalent to Chow's EL numbers, every EML-expressible number is computable. We go on to prove that the canonical example of a non-computable real, Chaitin's ΩU\Omega_U, is inexpressible in EML. This gives a formal inexpressibility theorem for this system.

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@article{arxiv.2605.01636,
  title  = {Inexpressibility in Exp-Minus-Log},
  author = {Mark Carney},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:2605.01636},
  year   = {2026}
}

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5 pages

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