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Vol. 63, No. 4, pp. 427-450 (2006)

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An interpretation of ${\sf S}^1_2$ in $\Sigma^b_1{\sf -NIA}$

Gilda Ferreira and Isabel Oitavem

CMAF -- Universidade de Lisboa,
1649-003 Lisboa -- PORTUGAL
E-mail: gildafer@cii.fc.ul.pt
Dept. Matemática da FCT-UNL and CMAF-UL,
PORTUGAL
E-mail: isarocha@ptmat.fc.ul.pt

Abstract: In this paper the theory ${\sf S}^1_2$ (of Buss) is interpreted in the theory $\Sigma^b_1{\sf -NIA}$ (of Ferreira).

Keywords: bounded arithmetic; interpretability; polynomial time.

Classification (MSC2000): 03F30, 03F25, 03D20.

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Electronic version published on: 7 Mar 2008.

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