Provably Total Functions of Arithmetic with Basic Terms

A new characterization of provably recursive functions of first-order arithmetic is described. Its main feature is using only terms consisting of 0, the successor S and variables in the quantifier rules, namely, universal elimination and existential introduction.

Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Evgeny Makarov
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Open Publishing Association 2012-01-01
Series:Electronic Proceedings in Theoretical Computer Science
Online Access:http://arxiv.org/pdf/1201.1121v1