Theory of addition and a predicate that recognizes powers of 2 - MathOverflow most recent 30 from http://mathoverflow.net2013-06-19T18:13:41Zhttp://mathoverflow.net/feeds/question/52433http://www.creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/2.5/rdfhttp://mathoverflow.net/questions/52433/theory-of-addition-and-a-predicate-that-recognizes-powers-of-2Theory of addition and a predicate that recognizes powers of 2David Feldman2011-01-18T20:26:17Z2011-01-19T03:59:16Z
<p>What is the complexity of the theory of addition (Presburger arithmetic) augmented by a unary predicate that recognizes powers of 2?</p>
http://mathoverflow.net/questions/52433/theory-of-addition-and-a-predicate-that-recognizes-powers-of-2/52459#52459Answer by Dave Marker for Theory of addition and a predicate that recognizes powers of 2Dave Marker2011-01-19T02:43:34Z2011-01-19T02:43:34Z<p>The theory of the natural numbers with addition and $x\mapsto 2^x$ is decidable.
One reference is the Cherlin-Point paper "On extensions of Presburger arithmetic".
It can be found on Francoise Point's webpage:</p>
<p><a href="http://www.logique.jussieu.fr/~point/papiers/cherlin_point86.pdf" rel="nofollow">http://www.logique.jussieu.fr/~point/papiers/cherlin_point86.pdf</a></p>