Choiceless Polynomial Space

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Main Authors: Ferrarotti, Flavio, Schewe, Klaus-Dieter
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author Ferrarotti, Flavio
Schewe, Klaus-Dieter
author_facet Ferrarotti, Flavio
Schewe, Klaus-Dieter
contents Abstract State Machines (ASMs) provide a model of computations on structures rather than strings. Blass, Gurevich and Shelah showed that deterministic PTIME-bounded ASMs define the choiceless fragment of PTIME, but cannot capture PTIME. In this article deterministic PSPACE-bounded ASMs are introduced, and it is proven that they cannot capture PSPACE. The key for the proof is a characterisation by partial fixed-point formulae over the Stärk/Nanchen logic for deterministic ASMs and a construction of transitive structures, in which such formulae must hold. This construction exploits that the decisive support theorem for choiceless polynomial time holds under slightly weaker assumptions.
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spellingShingle Choiceless Polynomial Space
Ferrarotti, Flavio
Schewe, Klaus-Dieter
Logic in Computer Science
68Q15, 68Q10, 03D15
Abstract State Machines (ASMs) provide a model of computations on structures rather than strings. Blass, Gurevich and Shelah showed that deterministic PTIME-bounded ASMs define the choiceless fragment of PTIME, but cannot capture PTIME. In this article deterministic PSPACE-bounded ASMs are introduced, and it is proven that they cannot capture PSPACE. The key for the proof is a characterisation by partial fixed-point formulae over the Stärk/Nanchen logic for deterministic ASMs and a construction of transitive structures, in which such formulae must hold. This construction exploits that the decisive support theorem for choiceless polynomial time holds under slightly weaker assumptions.
title Choiceless Polynomial Space
topic Logic in Computer Science
68Q15, 68Q10, 03D15
url https://arxiv.org/abs/2401.16366