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12 | 12 | The set of primitive recursive functions is |
13 | 13 | remarkably robust. But we will be able to do even more once we have |
14 | 14 | developed an adequate means of handling \emph{sequences}. We will |
15 | | -identify finite sequences of natural numbers with natural numbers, in |
| 15 | +identify finite sequences of natural numbers with natural numbers in |
16 | 16 | the following way: the sequence $\langle a_0, a_1, a_2, \dots, a_k \rangle$ |
17 | 17 | corresponds to the number |
18 | 18 | \[ |
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67 | 67 | $(s)_0$, \dots,~$(s)_{k-1}$. |
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69 | 69 | It will be useful for us to be able to bound the numeric code of a |
70 | | -sequence, in terms of its length and its largest element. Suppose $s$ |
| 70 | +sequence in terms of its length and its largest element. Suppose $s$ |
71 | 71 | is a sequence of length $k$, each element of which is less than equal |
72 | 72 | to some number $x$. Then $s$ has at most $k$ prime factors, each at |
73 | 73 | most $p_{k-1}$, and each raised to at most $x+1$ in the prime |
74 | 74 | factorization of $s$. In other words, if we define |
75 | 75 | \[ |
76 | 76 | \fn{sequenceBound}(x,k) = p_{k-1}^{k \cdot (x+1)}, |
77 | 77 | \] |
78 | | -then the numeric code of the sequence~$s$ described above, is at |
| 78 | +then the numeric code of the sequence~$s$ described above is at |
79 | 79 | most~$\fn{sequenceBound}(x,k)$. |
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81 | 81 | Having such a bound on sequences gives us a way of defining new |
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