• the Ackermann function, named after Wilhelm Ackermann, is one of the simplest and earliest-discovered examples of a total computable function that is...
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    work in mathematical logic and the Ackermann function, an important example in the theory of computation. Ackermann was born in Herscheid, Germany, and...
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  • recursive functions. However, not every total recursive function is a primitive recursive function—the most famous example is the Ackermann function. Other...
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  • rule part of the definition, as in Knuth's up-arrow version of the Ackermann function: a [ n ] b = a [ n − 1 ] ( a [ n ] ( b − 1 ) ) , n ≥ 1 {\displaystyle...
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  • same function within a definition be to arguments that are smaller in some well-partial-order on the function's domain. For instance, for the Ackermann function...
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  • Lamé function Mathieu function Mittag-Leffler function Painlevé transcendents Parabolic cylinder function Arithmetic–geometric mean Ackermann function: in...
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  • grows phenomenally fast as a function of n, far faster than any primitive recursive function or the Ackermann function, for example.[citation needed]...
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  • 3=g_{3}(2)=g_{2}^{2}(1)=g_{2}(g_{2}(1))=f^{f(1)}(1)=f^{a^{b}}(1)} The Ackermann function can be expressed using Conway chained arrow notation: A ( m , n )...
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    faster than exponential functions, but much more slowly than double exponential functions. However, tetration and the Ackermann function grow faster. See Big...
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    recursive function that computes their score (computes σ), thus providing a lower bound for Σ. This function's growth is comparable to that of Ackermann's function...
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  • required is O(mα(n)), where α(n) is the extremely slow-growing inverse Ackermann function. Although disjoint-set forests do not guarantee this time per operation...
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    tetration in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. Ackermann function Big O notation Double exponential function Hyperoperation Iterated logarithm Symmetric...
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  • Sudan function is an example of a function that is recursive, but not primitive recursive. This is also true of the better-known Ackermann function. In...
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  • Wilhelm Ackermann Ackermann function Ackermann ordinal Ackermann set theory Ackermann steering geometry, in mechanical engineering Ackermann's formula...
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  • Turing-complete language and can express all computable functions. For example, it can express the Ackermann function, which (not being primitive recursive) cannot...
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  • primitive recursive function is total recursive, but not all total recursive functions are primitive recursive. The Ackermann function A(m,n) is a well-known...
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    α(V)) for this loop, where α is the extremely slowly growing inverse Ackermann function. This part of the time bound is much smaller than the time for the...
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  • increasing) function; in particular, Ackermann function. Simple function: a real-valued function over a subset of the real line, similar to a step function. Measurable...
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  • the Ackermann function. Raphael M. Robinson called functions of two natural number variables G(n, x) double recursive with respect to given functions, if...
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  • by a function involving the first four hyperoperators;. Then, f ω ( x ) {\displaystyle f_{\omega }(x)} is comparable to the Ackermann function, f ω +...
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  • extremely large numbers: Knuth's up-arrow notation/hyperoperators/Ackermann function, including tetration Conway chained arrow notation Steinhaus-Moser...
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    tetration, and A ( n , n ) {\displaystyle A(n,n)} , the diagonal of the Ackermann function. In reality, initial exponential growth is often not sustained forever...
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    named hyperoperation. This sequence of operations is expressed by the Ackermann function and Knuth's up-arrow notation. Just as exponentiation grows faster...
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    the pentation function may also be obtained from the values in the fourth row of the table of values of a variant of the Ackermann function: if A ( n ,...
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  • enormously large – bounds that grow exponentially, or even as fast as the Ackermann function are not uncommon. In some small niche cases, upper and lower bounds...
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  • ISBN 978-3-319-68397-3. Halmos, Chapter 11 Rubtsov, C.A.; Romerio, G.F. (2004). "Ackermann's Function and New Arithmetical Operations" (PDF). Paul R. Halmos (1968). Naive...
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  • mathematical functions, the analysis of some puzzles and games, and some pathological examples which can be modelled as the Ackermann function. A Latin square...
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  • as μ-operator or mu-operator) because Ackermann (1925) produced a hugely growing function—the Ackermann function—and Rózsa Péter (1935) produced a general...
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  • the rapidly growing Ackermann function A(n, n). (In fact, f ( n ) > A ( n , n ) {\displaystyle f(n)>A(n,n)} for all n.) The function f can also be expressed...
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  • recursive functions such as the Ackermann function. It dominates every computable function provably total in Peano arithmetic, which includes functions such...
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