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NP search problems in low fragments of bounded arithmetic

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  12 March 2014

Jan Krajíček ,
Alan Skelley  and
Neil Thapen
Jan Krajíček
Affiliation:
Mathematical Institute, Academy of Sciences, Prague, Czech Republic Faculty of Mathematics and Physics, Charles University, Prague, Czech Republic, E-mail: Jan.Krajicek@mff.cuni.cz
Alan Skelley
Affiliation:
Mathematical Institute, Academy of Sciences, Prague, Czech Republic, E-mail: skelley@math.cas.cz
Neil Thapen
Affiliation:
Mathematical Institute, Academy of Sciences, Prague, Czech Republic, E-mail: thapen@math.cas.cz
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Abstract

We give combinatorial and computational characterizations of the NP search problems definable in the bounded arithmetic theories and .

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The Journal of Symbolic Logic , Volume 72 , Issue 2 , June 2007 , pp. 649 - 672
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Copyright © Association for Symbolic Logic 2007

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