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Introduction to clarithmetic I
"Clarithmetic" is a generic name for formal number theories similar to Peano
arithmetic, but based on computability logic (see
http://www.cis.upenn.edu/~giorgi/cl.html) instead of the more traditional
classical or intuitionistic logics. Formulas of clarithmetical theories
represent interactive computational problems, and their "truth" is understood
as existence of an algorithmic solution. Imposing various complexity
constraints on such solutions yields various versions of clarithmetic. The
present paper introduces a system of clarithmetic for polynomial time
computability, which is shown to be sound and complete. Sound in the sense that
every theorem T of the system represents an interactive number-theoretic
computational problem with a polynomial time solution and, furthermore, such a
solution can be efficiently extracted from a proof of T. And complete in the
sense that every interactive number-theoretic problem with a polynomial time
solution is represented by some theorem T of the system. The paper is written
in a semitutorial style and targets readers with no prior familiarity with
computability logic
Introduction to clarithmetic II
The earlier paper "Introduction to clarithmetic I" constructed an axiomatic
system of arithmetic based on computability logic (see
http://www.cis.upenn.edu/~giorgi/cl.html), and proved its soundness and
extensional completeness with respect to polynomial time computability. The
present paper elaborates three additional sound and complete systems in the
same style and sense: one for polynomial space computability, one for
elementary recursive time (and/or space) computability, and one for primitive
recursive time (and/or space) computability
The taming of recurrences in computability logic through cirquent calculus, Part I
This paper constructs a cirquent calculus system and proves its soundness and
completeness with respect to the semantics of computability logic (see
http://www.cis.upenn.edu/~giorgi/cl.html). The logical vocabulary of the system
consists of negation, parallel conjunction, parallel disjunction, branching
recurrence, and branching corecurrence. The article is published in two parts,
with (the present) Part I containing preliminaries and a soundness proof, and
(the forthcoming) Part II containing a completeness proof
Ptarithmetic
The present article introduces ptarithmetic (short for “polynomial time arithmetic”) — a formal number theory similar to the well known Peano arithmetic, but based on the recently born computability logic instead of classical logic. The formulas of ptarithmetic represent interactive computational problems rather than just true/false statements, and their “truth” is understood as existence of a polynomial time solution. The system of ptarithmetic elaborated in this article is shown to be sound and complete. Sound in the sense that every theorem T of the system represents an interactive number-theoretic computational problem with a polynomial time solution and, furthermore, such a solution can be effectively extracted from a proof of T . And complete in the sense that every interactive number-theoretic problem with a polynomial time solution is represented by some theorem T of the system. The paper is self-contained, and can be read without any prior familiarity with computability logic
Ptarithmetic
The present article introduces ptarithmetic (short for "polynomial time
arithmetic") -- a formal number theory similar to the well known Peano
arithmetic, but based on the recently born computability logic (see
http://www.cis.upenn.edu/~giorgi/cl.html) instead of classical logic. The
formulas of ptarithmetic represent interactive computational problems rather
than just true/false statements, and their "truth" is understood as existence
of a polynomial time solution. The system of ptarithmetic elaborated in this
article is shown to be sound and complete. Sound in the sense that every
theorem T of the system represents an interactive number-theoretic
computational problem with a polynomial time solution and, furthermore, such a
solution can be effectively extracted from a proof of T. And complete in the
sense that every interactive number-theoretic problem with a polynomial time
solution is represented by some theorem T of the system.
The paper is self-contained, and can be read without any previous familiarity
with computability logic.Comment: Substantially better versions are on their way. Hence the present
article probably will not be publishe