A foundation for computable analysis

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This paper gives a short survey of the Type Two Theory of Effectivity, or TTE for short, and shows its general applicability by examples. In TTE, Turing computability is generalized from finite to infinite sequences of symbols, which computers can handle. Infinite sequences of symbols are then used as names for infinite objects such as real numbers, open sets, compact sets or continuous functions. Naming systems are called representations. A general concept of ``admissible (effective) representations for \(T_0\)-spaces with countable bases is introduced in the paper. For ``admissible representations every computable function is continuous. Thus in TTE, ``continuous is interpreted as ``constructive. Through examples the paper shows that by using representations, effectivity can be studied on the real numbers, compact sets, continuous functions, and many other spaces used in analysis. The paper also gives a brief discussion on computational complexity for Type 2 machines and other infinite sets via representations. For the entire collection see [Zbl 0877.00007].




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