Abstract computation over first-order structures. Part IIa: Moschovakis' operator and other non-determinisms

Christine Gaßner

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Abstract computation over first-order structures. Part IIa: Moschovakis' operator and other non-determinisms

Christine Gaßner

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BSS RAMs over first-order structures help to characterize algorithms for processing objects by means of useful operations and relations. They are the result of a generalization of several types of abstract machines. We want to discuss whether this concept that allows a machine-oriented characterization of algorithms is sufficiently general for describing also other models of computation. Yiannis N. Moschovakis introduced a concept of abstract computability of functions on the basis of recursive definability over first-order structures. Moschovakis' search operator is the counterpart to the operator introduced by Stephen C. Kleene and suitable for structures without computable minima. To compare our concept with Moschovakis' generalization of the theory of recursive functions, we extend the abilities of BSS RAMs by an operator that makes it possible to provide information about computable functions and their inverses in a non-deterministic way. In Part IIb, we compare several non-determinisms, summarize effects resulting from the restriction of guesses to constants, and take into account properties such as the semi-decidability of oracle sets, the semi-decidability of the identity relation, and the recognizability of constants.

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Christine Gaßner. 2025-04-29. Abstract computation over first-order structures. Part IIa: Moschovakis' operator and other non-determinisms. https://arxiv.org/abs/2504.21192

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