Continuous Regular Functions

Autor: Alexi Block Gorman, Philipp Hieronymi, Elliot Kaplan, Ruoyu Meng, Erik Walsberg, Zihe Wang, Ziqin Xiong, Hongru Yang
Jazyk: angličtina
Rok vydání: 2020
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Zdroj: Logical Methods in Computer Science, Vol Volume 16, Issue 1 (2020)
Druh dokumentu: article
ISSN: 1860-5974
DOI: 10.23638/LMCS-16(1:17)2020
Popis: Following Chaudhuri, Sankaranarayanan, and Vardi, we say that a function $f:[0,1] \to [0,1]$ is $r$-regular if there is a B\"{u}chi automaton that accepts precisely the set of base $r \in \mathbb{N}$ representations of elements of the graph of $f$. We show that a continuous $r$-regular function $f$ is locally affine away from a nowhere dense, Lebesgue null, subset of $[0,1]$. As a corollary we establish that every differentiable $r$-regular function is affine. It follows that checking whether an $r$-regular function is differentiable is in $\operatorname{PSPACE}$. Our proofs rely crucially on connections between automata theory and metric geometry developed by Charlier, Leroy, and Rigo.
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