Paper 1, Section II, F
Part II, 2016
(a) Define a recursive set and a recursively enumerable (r.e.) set. Prove that is recursive if and only if both and are r.e.
(b) Define the halting set . Prove that is r.e. but not recursive.
(c) Let be r.e. sets. Prove that and are r.e. Show by an example that the union of infinitely many r.e. sets need not be r.e.
(d) Let be a recursive set and a (total) recursive function. Prove that the set is r.e. Is it necessarily recursive? Justify your answer.
[Any use of Church's thesis in your answer should be explicitly stated.]