A Minimal Substitution Basis for the Kalmár Elementary Functions

Abstract

We show that the class of Kalmár elementary functions can be inductively generated from the addition, the integer remainder, and the base-two exponentiation, hence improving previous results by Marchenkov and Mazzanti. We also prove that the substitution basis defined by these three operations is minimal. Furthermore, we discuss alternative substitution bases under arity constraints.

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