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Three notions of effective computation on $\mathbb{R}$

Logic 2008-09-01 v2

Abstract

We compare three notions of effectiveness on uncountable structures. The first notion is that of a \real-computable structure, based on a model of computation proposed by Blum, Shub, and Smale, which uses full-precision real arithmetic. The second notion is that of an FF-parameterizable structure, defined by Morozov and based on Mal'tsev's notion of a constructive structure. The third is Σ\Sigma-definability over HF()HF(\real), defined by Ershov as a generalization of the observation that the computably enumerable sets are exactly those Σ1\Sigma_1-definable in HF(N)HF(\mathbb{N}). We show that every \real-computable structure has an FF-parameterization, but that the expansion of the real field by the exponential function is FF-parameterizable but not \real-computable. We also show that the structures with \real-computable copies are exactly the structures with copies Σ\Sigma-definable over HF()HF(\real). One consequence of this equivalence is a method of approximating certain \real-computable structures by Turing computable structures.

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@article{arxiv.0803.3073,
  title  = {Three notions of effective computation on $\mathbb{R}$},
  author = {Wesley Calvert},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:0803.3073},
  year   = {2008}
}

Comments

Added a major section comparing real computation to $\Sigma$-definability, plus some additional references. Formerly entitled "$\mathbb{R}$-computation and $F$-parameterizability."

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