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Straight-line instruction sequence completeness for total calculation on cancellation meadows

Logic in Computer Science 2009-05-29 v2

Abstract

A combination of program algebra with the theory of meadows is designed leading to a theory of computation in algebraic structures which use in addition to a zero test and copying instructions the instruction set {x0,x1,xx,xx1,xx+y,xxy}\{x \Leftarrow 0, x \Leftarrow 1, x\Leftarrow -x, x\Leftarrow x^{-1}, x\Leftarrow x+y, x\Leftarrow x\cdot y\}. It is proven that total functions on cancellation meadows can be computed by straight-line programs using at most 5 auxiliary variables. A similar result is obtained for signed meadows.

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@article{arxiv.0905.4612,
  title  = {Straight-line instruction sequence completeness for total calculation on cancellation meadows},
  author = {Jan A. Bergstra and Inge Bethke},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:0905.4612},
  year   = {2009}
}

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24 pages

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