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Given a sound first-order p-time theory $T$ capable of formalizing syntax of first-order logic we define a p-time function $g_T$ that stretches all inputs by one bit and we use its properties to show that $T$ must be incomplete. We leave it…

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In this paper, we take a closer look at Czerwinski's "${\rm P}\neq{\rm NP}$ relative to a ${\rm P}$-complete oracle" [Cze23]. There are (uncountably) infinitely-many relativized worlds where ${\rm P}$ and ${\rm NP}$ differ, and it is…

Computational Complexity · Computer Science 2023-12-08 Michael C. Chavrimootoo , Tran Duy Anh Le , Michael P. Reidy , Eliot J. Smith

The present work proves that P=NP. The proof, presented in this work, is a constructive one: the program of a polynomial time deterministic multi-tape Turing machine M_ExistsAcceptingPath, that determines if there exists an accepting…

Computational Complexity · Computer Science 2017-03-21 Sergey V. Yakhontov

We develop a complexity theory for approximate real computations. We first produce a theory for exact computations but with condition numbers. The input size depends on a condition number, which is not assumed known by the machine. The…

Computational Complexity · Computer Science 2020-05-05 Gregorio Malajovich , Mike Shub

Generalised Probabilistic Theories (GPTs) provide a unifying framework encompassing classical theories, quantum theories, as well as hypothetical alternatives. We investigate the problem of extending a system with a finite set of…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2026-03-17 Serge Massar

This paper demonstrates the relativity of Computability and Nondeterministic; the nondeterministic is just Turing's undecidable Decision rather than the Nondeterministic Polynomial time. Based on analysis about TM, UM, DTM, NTM, Turing…

Computational Complexity · Computer Science 2015-01-09 Jian-Ming Zhou

We define a generalization of the Turing machine that computes on general sets. Our main theorem states that the class of generalized Turing machine computable functions and the class of Set Recursive functions coincide.

Logic · Mathematics 2021-03-26 Garvin Melles

In order to prove that the P of problems is different to the NP class, we consider the satisfability problem of propositional calculus formulae, which is an NP-complete problem. It is shown that, for every search algorithm A, there is a set…

Computational Complexity · Computer Science 2007-11-09 Alfredo von Reckow

In the early 1980s, Selman's seminal work on positive Turing reductions showed that positive Turing reduction to NP yields no greater computational power than NP itself. Thus, positive Turing and Turing reducibility to NP differ sharply…

Computational Complexity · Computer Science 2007-05-23 Edith Hemaspaandra

Despite remarkable achievements in its practical tractability, the notorious class of NP-complete problems has been escaping all attempts to find a worst-case polynomial time-bound solution algorithms for any of them. The vast majority of…

Computational Complexity · Computer Science 2017-05-05 Stefan Rass

In this paper, by constructing extremely hard examples of CSP (with large domains) and SAT (with long clauses), we prove that such examples cannot be solved without exhaustive search, which is stronger than P $\neq$ NP. This constructive…

Computational Complexity · Computer Science 2025-07-08 Ke Xu , Guangyan Zhou

We consider an old question of Slaman and Steel: whether Turing equivalence is an increasing union of Borel equivalence relations none of which contain a uniformly computable infinite sequence. We show this question is deeply connected to…

Logic · Mathematics 2026-02-17 Adam Day , Andrew Marks

Propositional satisfiability (SAT) is one of the most fundamental problems in computer science. Its worst-case hardness lies at the core of computational complexity theory, for example in the form of NP-hardness and the (Strong) Exponential…

Discrete Mathematics · Computer Science 2022-09-02 Tobias Friedrich , Ralf Rothenberger

We consider the thesis that an arithmetical relation, which holds for any, given, assignment of natural numbers to its free variables, is Turing-decidable if, and only if, it is the standard representation of a PA-provable formula. We show…

General Mathematics · Mathematics 2007-05-23 Bhupinder Singh Anand

In this paper the reason why entropy reduction (negentropy) can be used to measure the complexity of any computation was first elaborated both in the aspect of mathematics and informational physics. In the same time the equivalence of…

Computational Complexity · Computer Science 2015-09-22 Feng Pan

For every Scott set F and every nonrecursive set X in F, there is a Y in F such that X and Y are Turing incomparable.

Logic · Mathematics 2007-05-23 Antonin Kucera , Theodore A. Slaman

A resource-bounded version of the statement "no algorithm recognizes all non-halting Turing machines" is equivalent to an infinitely often (i.o.) superpolynomial speedup for the time required to accept any coNP-complete language and also…

Computational Complexity · Computer Science 2012-09-24 Hunter Monroe

This paper describes an axiomatic theory BT for constructive mathematics. BT has a predicative comprehension axiom for a countable number of set types and usual combinatorial operations. BT has intuitionistic logic, is consistent with…

Logic · Mathematics 2015-05-01 Farida Kachapova

Quantum computing is seeking to realize hardware-optimized algorithms for application-related computational tasks. NP (nondeterministic-polynomial-time) is a complexity class containing many important but intractable problems like the…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2021-08-27 Aonan Zhang , Hao Zhan , Junjie Liao , Kaimin Zheng , Tao Jiang , Minghao Mi , Penghui Yao , Lijian Zhang

Do complexity classes have many-one complete sets if and only if they have Turing-complete sets? We prove that there is a relativized world in which a relatively natural complexity class-namely a downward closure of NP, \rsnnp - has…

Computational Complexity · Computer Science 2007-05-23 Edith Hemaspaandra , Lane A. Hemaspaandra , Harald Hempel