Difference between Kleene's O and the system $S_1$
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On pages 207-208, Rogers (Theory of Recursive Functions and Effective Computability) introduces two system of notations for ordinals: the first is what he calls $S_1$ and the second one is Kleene's $mathcal{O}$.
My question is: what is the difference between the two systems?
In the definition of Kleene's $mathcal{O}$, Rogers defines also a partial ordering $<_O$. It seems to me that the only difference is that, when defining the names for a limit ordinal, in the definition of $mathcal{O}$ we have the additional requirement that
$$ forall i, forall jquad i<j Rightarrow (varphi_y(i), varphi_y(j)) text{ is already in} <_O$$
But I don't see how this requirement actually reduces the amount of names for a limit ordinal. I mean, if $gamma$ is a limit ordinal and $(varphi_y(n))_{ninmathbb{N}}$ is an increasing sequence of (names for) ordinals with limit $gamma$, how can it be that we did not already put the pair $(varphi_y(i), varphi_y(j))$ in $<_O$?
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On pages 207-208, Rogers (Theory of Recursive Functions and Effective Computability) introduces two system of notations for ordinals: the first is what he calls $S_1$ and the second one is Kleene's $mathcal{O}$.
My question is: what is the difference between the two systems?
In the definition of Kleene's $mathcal{O}$, Rogers defines also a partial ordering $<_O$. It seems to me that the only difference is that, when defining the names for a limit ordinal, in the definition of $mathcal{O}$ we have the additional requirement that
$$ forall i, forall jquad i<j Rightarrow (varphi_y(i), varphi_y(j)) text{ is already in} <_O$$
But I don't see how this requirement actually reduces the amount of names for a limit ordinal. I mean, if $gamma$ is a limit ordinal and $(varphi_y(n))_{ninmathbb{N}}$ is an increasing sequence of (names for) ordinals with limit $gamma$, how can it be that we did not already put the pair $(varphi_y(i), varphi_y(j))$ in $<_O$?
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On pages 207-208, Rogers (Theory of Recursive Functions and Effective Computability) introduces two system of notations for ordinals: the first is what he calls $S_1$ and the second one is Kleene's $mathcal{O}$.
My question is: what is the difference between the two systems?
In the definition of Kleene's $mathcal{O}$, Rogers defines also a partial ordering $<_O$. It seems to me that the only difference is that, when defining the names for a limit ordinal, in the definition of $mathcal{O}$ we have the additional requirement that
$$ forall i, forall jquad i<j Rightarrow (varphi_y(i), varphi_y(j)) text{ is already in} <_O$$
But I don't see how this requirement actually reduces the amount of names for a limit ordinal. I mean, if $gamma$ is a limit ordinal and $(varphi_y(n))_{ninmathbb{N}}$ is an increasing sequence of (names for) ordinals with limit $gamma$, how can it be that we did not already put the pair $(varphi_y(i), varphi_y(j))$ in $<_O$?
computability ordinals transfinite-recursion
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On pages 207-208, Rogers (Theory of Recursive Functions and Effective Computability) introduces two system of notations for ordinals: the first is what he calls $S_1$ and the second one is Kleene's $mathcal{O}$.
My question is: what is the difference between the two systems?
In the definition of Kleene's $mathcal{O}$, Rogers defines also a partial ordering $<_O$. It seems to me that the only difference is that, when defining the names for a limit ordinal, in the definition of $mathcal{O}$ we have the additional requirement that
$$ forall i, forall jquad i<j Rightarrow (varphi_y(i), varphi_y(j)) text{ is already in} <_O$$
But I don't see how this requirement actually reduces the amount of names for a limit ordinal. I mean, if $gamma$ is a limit ordinal and $(varphi_y(n))_{ninmathbb{N}}$ is an increasing sequence of (names for) ordinals with limit $gamma$, how can it be that we did not already put the pair $(varphi_y(i), varphi_y(j))$ in $<_O$?
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Short version: the relation "$<_mathcal{O}$" is a proper subrelation of the relation "names a smaller ordinal than."
The point is the distinction between names and ordinals in determining increasing-ness. Specifically, in general if $a,b$ are names for $alpha,beta$ in the sense of Kleene's $mathcal{O}$ and $alpha<beta$, we need not have $a<_mathcal{O}b$. In particular, we can find a sequence $(varphi_y(n))_{ninmathbb{N}}$ such that
each $varphi_y(n)$ is in $mathcal{O}$, and
$vertvarphi_y(n)vert<vertvarphi_y(n+1)vert$ for each $ninmathbb{N}$
(where "$vert avert$" is the ordinal corresponding to the name $a$), but $3cdot 5^y$ is not in $mathcal{O}$ since (say) $varphi_y(0)not<_mathcal{O}varphi_y(1)$.
In the system $S_1$, we only required that the values of the names be increasing; in $mathcal{O}$, we require that this increasing-ness be witnessed in a very concrete way, namely by the relation $<_mathcal{O}$. This is all in an attempt to make a more "constructive" system, and at this point Kleene's original paper "On notation for ordinal numbers" has a useful paragraph:
Following Church, a modification is now made in the system $S_1$, which is
regarded from the finitary viewpoint as a correction, in that it eliminates the
presupposition of the classical (non-constructive) second number class. The
modification consists in replacing the ordering relation $<$ between ordinals by a partially ordering relation $<_mathcal{O}$ between the notations.
(Note that he refers to the system we know and love as $mathcal{O}$ by "$S_2$.")
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Short version: the relation "$<_mathcal{O}$" is a proper subrelation of the relation "names a smaller ordinal than."
The point is the distinction between names and ordinals in determining increasing-ness. Specifically, in general if $a,b$ are names for $alpha,beta$ in the sense of Kleene's $mathcal{O}$ and $alpha<beta$, we need not have $a<_mathcal{O}b$. In particular, we can find a sequence $(varphi_y(n))_{ninmathbb{N}}$ such that
each $varphi_y(n)$ is in $mathcal{O}$, and
$vertvarphi_y(n)vert<vertvarphi_y(n+1)vert$ for each $ninmathbb{N}$
(where "$vert avert$" is the ordinal corresponding to the name $a$), but $3cdot 5^y$ is not in $mathcal{O}$ since (say) $varphi_y(0)not<_mathcal{O}varphi_y(1)$.
In the system $S_1$, we only required that the values of the names be increasing; in $mathcal{O}$, we require that this increasing-ness be witnessed in a very concrete way, namely by the relation $<_mathcal{O}$. This is all in an attempt to make a more "constructive" system, and at this point Kleene's original paper "On notation for ordinal numbers" has a useful paragraph:
Following Church, a modification is now made in the system $S_1$, which is
regarded from the finitary viewpoint as a correction, in that it eliminates the
presupposition of the classical (non-constructive) second number class. The
modification consists in replacing the ordering relation $<$ between ordinals by a partially ordering relation $<_mathcal{O}$ between the notations.
(Note that he refers to the system we know and love as $mathcal{O}$ by "$S_2$.")
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Short version: the relation "$<_mathcal{O}$" is a proper subrelation of the relation "names a smaller ordinal than."
The point is the distinction between names and ordinals in determining increasing-ness. Specifically, in general if $a,b$ are names for $alpha,beta$ in the sense of Kleene's $mathcal{O}$ and $alpha<beta$, we need not have $a<_mathcal{O}b$. In particular, we can find a sequence $(varphi_y(n))_{ninmathbb{N}}$ such that
each $varphi_y(n)$ is in $mathcal{O}$, and
$vertvarphi_y(n)vert<vertvarphi_y(n+1)vert$ for each $ninmathbb{N}$
(where "$vert avert$" is the ordinal corresponding to the name $a$), but $3cdot 5^y$ is not in $mathcal{O}$ since (say) $varphi_y(0)not<_mathcal{O}varphi_y(1)$.
In the system $S_1$, we only required that the values of the names be increasing; in $mathcal{O}$, we require that this increasing-ness be witnessed in a very concrete way, namely by the relation $<_mathcal{O}$. This is all in an attempt to make a more "constructive" system, and at this point Kleene's original paper "On notation for ordinal numbers" has a useful paragraph:
Following Church, a modification is now made in the system $S_1$, which is
regarded from the finitary viewpoint as a correction, in that it eliminates the
presupposition of the classical (non-constructive) second number class. The
modification consists in replacing the ordering relation $<$ between ordinals by a partially ordering relation $<_mathcal{O}$ between the notations.
(Note that he refers to the system we know and love as $mathcal{O}$ by "$S_2$.")
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Short version: the relation "$<_mathcal{O}$" is a proper subrelation of the relation "names a smaller ordinal than."
The point is the distinction between names and ordinals in determining increasing-ness. Specifically, in general if $a,b$ are names for $alpha,beta$ in the sense of Kleene's $mathcal{O}$ and $alpha<beta$, we need not have $a<_mathcal{O}b$. In particular, we can find a sequence $(varphi_y(n))_{ninmathbb{N}}$ such that
each $varphi_y(n)$ is in $mathcal{O}$, and
$vertvarphi_y(n)vert<vertvarphi_y(n+1)vert$ for each $ninmathbb{N}$
(where "$vert avert$" is the ordinal corresponding to the name $a$), but $3cdot 5^y$ is not in $mathcal{O}$ since (say) $varphi_y(0)not<_mathcal{O}varphi_y(1)$.
In the system $S_1$, we only required that the values of the names be increasing; in $mathcal{O}$, we require that this increasing-ness be witnessed in a very concrete way, namely by the relation $<_mathcal{O}$. This is all in an attempt to make a more "constructive" system, and at this point Kleene's original paper "On notation for ordinal numbers" has a useful paragraph:
Following Church, a modification is now made in the system $S_1$, which is
regarded from the finitary viewpoint as a correction, in that it eliminates the
presupposition of the classical (non-constructive) second number class. The
modification consists in replacing the ordering relation $<$ between ordinals by a partially ordering relation $<_mathcal{O}$ between the notations.
(Note that he refers to the system we know and love as $mathcal{O}$ by "$S_2$.")
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Short version: the relation "$<_mathcal{O}$" is a proper subrelation of the relation "names a smaller ordinal than."
The point is the distinction between names and ordinals in determining increasing-ness. Specifically, in general if $a,b$ are names for $alpha,beta$ in the sense of Kleene's $mathcal{O}$ and $alpha<beta$, we need not have $a<_mathcal{O}b$. In particular, we can find a sequence $(varphi_y(n))_{ninmathbb{N}}$ such that
each $varphi_y(n)$ is in $mathcal{O}$, and
$vertvarphi_y(n)vert<vertvarphi_y(n+1)vert$ for each $ninmathbb{N}$
(where "$vert avert$" is the ordinal corresponding to the name $a$), but $3cdot 5^y$ is not in $mathcal{O}$ since (say) $varphi_y(0)not<_mathcal{O}varphi_y(1)$.
In the system $S_1$, we only required that the values of the names be increasing; in $mathcal{O}$, we require that this increasing-ness be witnessed in a very concrete way, namely by the relation $<_mathcal{O}$. This is all in an attempt to make a more "constructive" system, and at this point Kleene's original paper "On notation for ordinal numbers" has a useful paragraph:
Following Church, a modification is now made in the system $S_1$, which is
regarded from the finitary viewpoint as a correction, in that it eliminates the
presupposition of the classical (non-constructive) second number class. The
modification consists in replacing the ordering relation $<$ between ordinals by a partially ordering relation $<_mathcal{O}$ between the notations.
(Note that he refers to the system we know and love as $mathcal{O}$ by "$S_2$.")
answered Dec 22 '18 at 20:25
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