Three notions of effective computation on $\mathbb{R}$
Abstract
We compare three notions of effectiveness on uncountable structures. The first notion is that of a -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 -parameterizable structure, defined by Morozov and based on Mal'tsev's notion of a constructive structure. The third is -definability over , defined by Ershov as a generalization of the observation that the computably enumerable sets are exactly those -definable in . We show that every -computable structure has an -parameterization, but that the expansion of the real field by the exponential function is -parameterizable but not -computable. We also show that the structures with -computable copies are exactly the structures with copies -definable over . One consequence of this equivalence is a method of approximating certain -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."