Categorifying computable reducibilities

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Authors: Manlio Valenti
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Abstract

This paper presents categorical formulations of Turing, Medvedev, Muchnik, and Weihrauch reducibilities in Computability Theory, utilizing Lawvere doctrines.While the first notions lend themselves to a smooth categorical presentation, essentially dualizing the traditional idea of realizability doctrines, Weihrauch reducibility and its extensions to represented and multi-represented spaces require a separate investigation.Our abstract analysis of these concepts highlights a shared characteristic among all these reducibilities.Specifically, we demonstrate that all these doctrines stemming from computability concepts can be proven to be instances of completions of quantifiers for doctrines, analogous to what occurs for doctrines for realizability.As a corollary of these results, we will be able to formally compare Weihrauch reducibility with the dialectica doctrine constructed from a doctrine representing Turing degrees.

Fields of Study & Subjects

Computability Logic AI Algorithms programming and type systems Advanced Algebra and Logic

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Journal / source
Cronfa (Swansea University)
Publication date
1 January 2026
Language
EN