Blum axioms

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Blum axioms are a set of formal conditions introduced by Manuel Blum that rigorously define what constitutes a valid complexity measure in computational complexity theory.

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Blum complexity axioms 1

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Predicate Object
instanceOf axiom system ⓘ
formal condition set ⓘ
appliesTo partial computable functions ⓘ
programs ⓘ
areaOfApplication recursion theory ⓘ
theory of computation ⓘ
assumes effective enumeration of partial computable functions ⓘ
characterizes admissible complexity measures ⓘ
definesConcept Blum complexity measure ⓘ
field computational complexity theory ⓘ
formalizes machine-independent complexity theory ⓘ
hasComponent axiom of decidability of bounded complexity set ⓘ
axiom of definedness of the measure ⓘ
implies existence of complexity-theoretic hierarchies ⓘ
invariance under choice of reasonable machine model ⓘ
speed-up theorems for some measures ⓘ
influenced machine-independent complexity theory ⓘ
introducedBy Manuel Blum ⓘ
language mathematical logic ⓘ
namedAfter Manuel Blum ⓘ
publicationType journal article ⓘ
publishedIn A Machine-Independent Theory of the Complexity of Recursive Functions ⓘ
publishedInJournal Journal of the ACM ⓘ
purpose to define valid complexity measures ⓘ
relatedConcept Kolmogorov complexity ⓘ
space-constructible function ⓘ
time-constructible function ⓘ
requires complexity measure is a partial computable function ⓘ
complexity measure is defined on pairs of programs and inputs ⓘ
domain of the complexity measure equals the domain of the computed function ⓘ
the set of triples (program,input,bound) with complexity below the bound is decidable ⓘ
usedFor defining general complexity measures ⓘ
defining space complexity ⓘ
defining time complexity ⓘ
yearIntroduced 1967 ⓘ

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Manuel Blum → notableWork → Blum axioms ⓘ
speedup theorem → relatedTo → Blum complexity axioms ⓘ
linked to: Blum axioms