Can the primitive recursive functions be modelled by a group? - MathOverflow most recent 30 from http://mathoverflow.net 2013-06-18T23:40:42Z http://mathoverflow.net/feeds/question/117024 http://www.creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/2.5/rdf http://mathoverflow.net/questions/117024/can-the-primitive-recursive-functions-be-modelled-by-a-group Can the primitive recursive functions be modelled by a group? Vlad Infinitum 2012-12-22T11:03:48Z 2012-12-26T12:11:05Z <p>Inspired by <a href="http://mathoverflow.net/questions/88368/can-a-group-be-a-universal-turing-machine" rel="nofollow">http://mathoverflow.net/questions/88368/can-a-group-be-a-universal-turing-machine</a>, what about the more restricted case of finding a a group isomorphic to the primitive recursive functions?</p>