Kurpaska, Sławomir and Tyszka, Apoloniusz (2020) The physical impossibility of machine computations on sufficiently large integers inspires an open problem that concerns abstract computable sets X⊆N and cannot be formalized in ZFC as it refers to our current knowledge on X. [Preprint]
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Abstract
Edmund Landau's conjecture states that the set P(n^2+1) of primes of the form n^2+1 is infinite. Let β=(((24!)!)!)!, and let Φ denote the implication: card(P(n^2+1))<ω ⇒ P(n^2+1)⊆(-∞,β]. We heuristically justify the statement Φ without invoking Landau's conjecture. The following problem is open: Is there a set X⊆N that satisfies conditions (1)-(5) below? (1) There are a large number of elements of X and it is conjectured that X is infinite. (2) No known algorithm decides the finiteness/infiniteness of X . (3) There is a known algorithm that for every k∈N decides whether or not k∈X. (4) There is an explicitly known integer n such that card(X)<ω ⇒ X⊆(-∞,n]. (5) X is simply defined and we know an algorithm such that for every input k∈N it returns the sentence "k∈X" or the sentence "k∉X" and every returned sentence is true when k is sufficiently large. The simplest (in the sense of a verbal description) known to us such algorithm may return a false sentence only if k is small. We prove: (i) the set X ={k∈N: (β<k) ⇒ (β,k)∩P(n^2+1) ≠ ∅} satisfies conditions (1)-(4), (ii) the set X = P(n^2+1) satisfies conditions (1)-(3) and (5,) (iii) the statement Φ implies that the set X= P(n^2+1) satisfies condition (4).
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Keywords: | computable set X⊆N; current knowledge on X; explicitly known integer n; machine computations on large integers; mathematical statement about X that refers to the current knowledge on X; physical limits of computation | |||||||||
Subjects: | Specific Sciences > Mathematics > Foundations Specific Sciences > Mathematics > Logic |
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Depositing User: | Apoloniusz Tyszka | |||||||||
Date Deposited: | 31 Aug 2020 23:21 | |||||||||
Last Modified: | 31 Aug 2020 23:21 | |||||||||
Item ID: | 18027 | |||||||||
Subjects: | Specific Sciences > Mathematics > Foundations Specific Sciences > Mathematics > Logic |
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Date: | 16 June 2020 | |||||||||
URI: | https://philsci-archive.pitt.edu/id/eprint/18027 |
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The physical impossibility of machine computations on sufficiently large integers inspires an open problem that concerns abstract computable sets X⊆N and cannot be formalized in the set theory ZFC as it refers to our current knowledge on X. (deposited 20 Jun 2020 18:19)
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The physical impossibility of machine computations on sufficiently large integers inspires an open problem that concerns abstract computable sets X⊆N and cannot be formalized in the set theory ZFC as it refers to our current knowledge on X. (deposited 26 Jul 2020 14:37)
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The physical impossibility of machine computations on sufficiently large integers inspires an open problem that concerns abstract computable sets X⊆N and cannot be formalized in the set theory ZFC as it refers to our current knowledge on X. (deposited 26 Jul 2020 14:37)
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