The Solver's Paradox in Formal Problem Spaces

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author Rosko, Milan
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contents This paper investigates how global decision problems over arithmetically represented domains acquire reflective structure through class-quantification. Arithmetization forces diagonal fixed points whose verification requires reflection beyond finitary means, producing Feferman-style obstructions independent of computational technique. We use this mechanism to analyze uniform complexity statements, including $\mathsf{P}$ vs. $\mathsf{NP}$, showing that their difficulty stems from structural impredicativity rather than methodological limitations. The focus is not on deriving separations but on clarifying the logical status of such arithmetized assertions.
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spellingShingle The Solver's Paradox in Formal Problem Spaces
Rosko, Milan
Computational Complexity
Logic in Computer Science
Logic
68Q15 (Primary), 03F30, 03B40, 68Q05 (Secondary)
F.1.3; F.4.1; F.3.1
This paper investigates how global decision problems over arithmetically represented domains acquire reflective structure through class-quantification. Arithmetization forces diagonal fixed points whose verification requires reflection beyond finitary means, producing Feferman-style obstructions independent of computational technique. We use this mechanism to analyze uniform complexity statements, including $\mathsf{P}$ vs. $\mathsf{NP}$, showing that their difficulty stems from structural impredicativity rather than methodological limitations. The focus is not on deriving separations but on clarifying the logical status of such arithmetized assertions.
title The Solver's Paradox in Formal Problem Spaces
topic Computational Complexity
Logic in Computer Science
Logic
68Q15 (Primary), 03F30, 03B40, 68Q05 (Secondary)
F.1.3; F.4.1; F.3.1
url https://arxiv.org/abs/2511.14665