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Analytic one-dimensional maps and two-dimensional ordinary differential equations can robustly simulate Turing machines

Logic 2021-10-01 v1 Logic in Computer Science

Abstract

In this paper, we analyze the problem of finding the minimum dimension nn such that a closed-form analytic map/ordinary differential equation can simulate a Turing machine over Rn\mathbb{R}^{n} in a way that is robust to perturbations. We show that one-dimensional closed-form analytic maps are sufficient to robustly simulate Turing machines; but the minimum dimension for the closed-form analytic ordinary differential equations to robustly simulate Turing machines is two, under some reasonable assumptions. We also show that any Turing machine can be simulated by a two-dimensional CC^{\infty} ordinary differential equation on the compact sphere S2\mathbb{S}^{2}.

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@article{arxiv.2109.15073,
  title  = {Analytic one-dimensional maps and two-dimensional ordinary differential equations can robustly simulate Turing machines},
  author = {Daniel S. Graça and Ning Zhong},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:2109.15073},
  year   = {2021}
}
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