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Every computably enumerable set is the domain of a partial computable function

Statement

Let A be a computably enumerable subset of an effectively encoded set X. Then there exists a partial computable function whose domain is exactly A.

Facts & Assumptions

Given: A c.e. set AX.

[L1]

By Computably enumerable sets and languages, either A= or there exists a total computable enumerator e:NX with range A.

[L2]

By Computable and partial computable functions, a partial computable function is one produced by a machine that halts exactly on its domain.

Proof

technique · direct
1.1

If A=, take the nowhere-defined partial function from X to the one-point set {0}. Its machine diverges on every input, so [L2] shows that its domain is exactly =A.

L1L2given
1.2

Suppose now that A, and let e:NX be the total computable enumerator from [L1]. Define a machine on an input code z{0,1} that computes the outputs e(0),e(1),e(2), one after another until it first sees the codeword z, at which point it halts and outputs 0. If z=eX(x) with xA, some index n satisfies e(n)=x, so the machine eventually halts on z. If xA, no enumerated value has code z, so the machine never halts on z. Thus [L2] gives a partial computable function whose domain is exactly A.

L1L2construct
2.1

In either case, A is the domain of a partial computable function.

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