Questions tagged [semi-decidability]

Questions about which problems are semi-decidable, also known as computably enumerable, Turing recognizable or recursively enumerable.

A problem $L$ is decidable if there is an algorithm which, given an input $x$, halts and output whether $x \in L$ or not. In contrast, a problem $L$ is semi-decidable if there is an algorithm which, on input $x$, halts if $x \in L$, and runs into an infinite loop if $x \notin L$.

The quintessential example of a semi-decidable problem which is not decidable is the halting problem.

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Is the superset and subset of a semi-decidable language also semi-decidable?

Given three languages $L_1, L_2, L_3$ with $L_1$ and $L_3$ being semi-decidable and $L_1 \subseteq L_2, L_2 \subseteq L_3$. Can I deduce from these properties, that $L_2$ is also semi-decidable and how would I proof this? Intuitionally it seems…
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How to prove semi-decidable = verifiable?

A language L is verifiable iff there is a two-place predicate R ⊆ Σ∗ × Σ∗ such that R is computable, and such that for all x ∈ Σ∗: x ∈ L ⇔ there exists y such that R(x, y) A language is semi-decidable iff there is some Turing machine that accepts…
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