Math 29 Homework #21

A mathematician is a machine for turning coffee into theorems. Paul Erdos

Quiz

We have a quiz on Monday 5/17 on Lectures 19 - 21.

Reading

Read what we covered in today's class: 7.1, 7.2
Read what we will cover in the next class: 7.2

When reading 7.1 pay special attention to the following concepts:

  • characteristic function, recursive/computable sets, the examples of computable sets, and Theorem 1.3 which lists some nice properties of computable sets
When reading 7.2 pay special attention to the following concepts:
  • The definition and basic examples of c.e. sets, Theorems 2.3,4,5,6 which utilize what we already know about partially decidable predicates to provide information about c.e. sets, the characterization of c.e. sets given by Theorem 2.7, the characterization of the set of indices of total computable functions given by Theorem 2.9 (you should find this particularly interesting), the connection between c.e. sets and diophantine predicates, and the algebraic facts about c.e. sets given by Theorem 2.13.

Problems

The following problems are due by the beginning of class on Monday 5/17.
  • Define each of the following:
    • finite function
    • Rice-Shapiro Theorem
  • p. 122, # 7.1.4.1b
  • p. 132, # 7.2.18.2
  • p. 132, # 7.2.18.3
  • p. 132, # 7.2.18.4
  • p. 132, # 7.2.18.7

Presentations

  • Joran, Theorem 7.2.16 on Monday 5/17
  • David, Theorem 7.3.2 and 7.3.4 on Wednesday 5/19
  • Amanda, Theorem 7.4.2 and 7.4.3 on Monday 5/24