Psi-Turing Machines: Bounded Introspection for Complexity Barriers and Oracle Separations

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contents We introduce Psi-Turing Machines (Psi-TM): classical Turing machines equipped with a constant-depth introspection interface $ ι$ and an explicit per-step information budget $ B(d,n)=c\,d\log_2 n $. With the interface frozen, we develop an information-theoretic lower-bound toolkit: Budget counting, $ Ψ$-Fooling, and $ Ψ$-Fano, with worked examples $ L_k $ and $ L_k^{\mathrm{phase}} $. We prove an oracle-relative separation $ P^Ψ \neq NP^Ψ $ and a strict depth hierarchy, reinforced by an Anti-Simulation Hook that rules out polynomial emulation of $ ι_k $ using many calls to $ ι_{k-1} $ under the budget regime. We also present two independent platforms (Psi-decision trees and interface-constrained circuits IC-AC$^{0}$/IC-NC$^{1}$) and bridges that transfer bounds among machine, tree, and circuit with explicit poly/log losses. The model preserves classical computational power outside $ ι$ yet enables precise oracle-aware statements about barriers (relativization; partial/conditional progress on natural proofs and proof complexity). The aim is a standardized minimal introspection interface with clearly accounted information budgets.
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spellingShingle Psi-Turing Machines: Bounded Introspection for Complexity Barriers and Oracle Separations
Huseynzade, Rafig
Computational Complexity
Formal Languages and Automata Theory
Logic in Computer Science
68Q15 (Primary) 68Q05, 68Q17, 03D15 (Secondary)
F.1.3; F.1.1; F.4.1
We introduce Psi-Turing Machines (Psi-TM): classical Turing machines equipped with a constant-depth introspection interface $ ι$ and an explicit per-step information budget $ B(d,n)=c\,d\log_2 n $. With the interface frozen, we develop an information-theoretic lower-bound toolkit: Budget counting, $ Ψ$-Fooling, and $ Ψ$-Fano, with worked examples $ L_k $ and $ L_k^{\mathrm{phase}} $. We prove an oracle-relative separation $ P^Ψ \neq NP^Ψ $ and a strict depth hierarchy, reinforced by an Anti-Simulation Hook that rules out polynomial emulation of $ ι_k $ using many calls to $ ι_{k-1} $ under the budget regime. We also present two independent platforms (Psi-decision trees and interface-constrained circuits IC-AC$^{0}$/IC-NC$^{1}$) and bridges that transfer bounds among machine, tree, and circuit with explicit poly/log losses. The model preserves classical computational power outside $ ι$ yet enables precise oracle-aware statements about barriers (relativization; partial/conditional progress on natural proofs and proof complexity). The aim is a standardized minimal introspection interface with clearly accounted information budgets.
title Psi-Turing Machines: Bounded Introspection for Complexity Barriers and Oracle Separations
topic Computational Complexity
Formal Languages and Automata Theory
Logic in Computer Science
68Q15 (Primary) 68Q05, 68Q17, 03D15 (Secondary)
F.1.3; F.1.1; F.4.1
url https://arxiv.org/abs/2510.08577