# computable real function

A function $f\colon\mathbb{R}\to\mathbb{R}$ is sequentially computable if, for every computable sequence $\{x_{i}\}_{i=1}^{\infty}$ of real numbers, the sequence $\{f(x_{i})\}_{i=1}^{\infty}$ is also computable.

A function $f\colon\mathbb{R}\to\mathbb{R}$ is effectively uniformly continuous if there exists a recursive function $d\colon\mathbb{N}\to\mathbb{N}$ such that, if

 $|x-y|<{1\over d(n)}$

then

 $|f(x)-f(y)|<{1\over n}$

A real function is computable if it is both sequentially computable and effectively uniformly continuous.

It is not hard to generalize these definitions to functions of more than one variable or functions only defined on a subset of $\mathbb{R}^{n}$. The generalizations of the latter two definitions are so obvious that they need not be restated. A suitable generalization of the first definition is:

Let $D$ be a subset of $\mathbb{R}^{n}$. A function $f\colon D\to\mathbb{R}$ is sequentially computable if, for every $n$-tuplet $\left(\{x_{i\,1}\}_{i=1}^{\infty},\ldots\{x_{i\,n}\}_{i=1}^{\infty}\right)$ of computable sequences of real numbers such that

 $(\forall i)\quad(x_{i\,1},\ldots x_{i\,n})\in D\qquad,$

the sequence $\{f(x_{i})\}_{i=1}^{\infty}$ is also computable.

Title computable real function ComputableRealFunction 2013-03-22 14:39:23 2013-03-22 14:39:23 rspuzio (6075) rspuzio (6075) 6 rspuzio (6075) Definition msc 03F60 sequentially computable effectively uniformly continuous effective uniform continuity