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====== Recursive Set ====== | ====== Recursive Set ====== | ||
- | We say that a set $S$ is //recursive// if there exists an algorithm that, given an element $x$ determines whether $x \in S$ holds. | + | We say that a set $S$ is //recursive// (decidable) if there exists an algorithm that, given an element $x$ determines whether $x \in S$. |
Example: the set of even numbers is recursive. The algorithm takes $x$ represented in binary and checks whether its least signifficant digit is 0. | Example: the set of even numbers is recursive. The algorithm takes $x$ represented in binary and checks whether its least signifficant digit is 0. | ||
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Example: the set of all pairs $(T,x)$ such that $T$ is a representation of Turing machine and $x$ is an input such that $T$ terminates on input $x$, is not recursive. | Example: the set of all pairs $(T,x)$ such that $T$ is a representation of Turing machine and $x$ is an input such that $T$ terminates on input $x$, is not recursive. | ||
+ | Example: the set of encodings of all valid first-order logic formulas is not recursive. | ||
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+ | Example: the set of all valid formulas of Presburger arithmetic is recursive. | ||