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Why is the proof of decidability of arithmetic (Theorem 2.1) in Hamkins & Lewis (2000) enough?

Recently, I was reading the paper "Infinite Time Turing Machines" by Hamkins & Lewis. And one of the first theorems (Theorem 2.1) is about decidability of arithmetic. The proof is quite ...
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Does the following characterization of the elements of $\mathscr P$($\omega$) fail for ITTM's?

Hartley Rogers Jr., on pg. 120 of his text, Theory of Recursive Functions and Effective Computability, presents and discusses the following characterization of the sets in $\mathscr P(\omega)$: $\...
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Infinite time Turing machines, semi-decidable sets and descriptive set theory

Definition A set of reals $A$ is said to be ittm-eventually-semi-decidable if there is an Infinite Time Turing Machine programme $P_e$ so that $x\in A$ iff $P_e(x)$ has converged on “1” on its ...
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