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The distribution of ITRM-recognizable reals

Logic 2026-05-19 v4

Abstract

Infinite Time Register Machines (ITRMITRM's) are a well-established machine model for infinitary computations. Their computational strength relative to oracles is understood, see e.g. Koepke (2009), Koepke and Welch (2011) and Koepke and Miller (2008). We consider the notion of recognizability, which was first formulated for Infinite Time Turing Machines in Hamkins and Lewis (200) and applied to ITRMITRM's in Carl et al. (2010). A real xx is ITRMITRM-recognizable iff there is an ITRMITRM-program PP such that PyP^{y} stops with output 1 iff y=xy=x, and otherwise stops with output 0. In Carl et al. (2010), it is shown that the recognizable reals are not contained in the computable reals. Here, we investigate in detail how the ITRMITRM-recognizable reals are distributed along the canonical well-ordering <L<_{L} of G\"odel's constructible hierarchy LL. In particular, we prove that the recognizable reals have gaps in <L<_{L}, that there is no universal ITRMITRM in terms of recognizability and consider a relativized notion of recognizability.

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@article{arxiv.1208.1901,
  title  = {The distribution of ITRM-recognizable reals},
  author = {Merlin Carl},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:1208.1901},
  year   = {2026}
}

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18 pages

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