arithmetical hierarchy

English

Noun

arithmetical hierarchy (plural arithmetical hierarchies)

(logic) A hierarchy which classifies the complexity of first-order formulae (and sets defined by them) based on the number of alternations between series of unbounded existential quantifiers and universal quantifiers.

Synonyms

arithmetic hierarchy
Kleene hierarchy

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