One Polynomial Field for Every Euler Step and the Flow: Polynomial Dynamics for P and PSPACE

We construct, for each deterministic Turing machine that halts on all inputs, one polynomial vector field with rational coefficients that performs the same logical computation at unit Euler step, at every smaller or variable step in $(0,1]$ with divergent sum, and along the flow. This unifies discrete-time and continuous-time computation by polynomial dynamics, which earlier characterizations treated separately. For a machine making $T$ transitions in space $H$, a logical scale $h=2^{-s}$ with $s=O(H)$ suffices, with physical time $O(s(T+s))$, drift disturbances up to $h^{2K}$ for a fixed exponent $K$, and $2Ks+3$ fractional bits at unit step. On a fixed compact domain, polynomial time and robust eventual decision characterize P and PSPACE, respectively, with polynomial scale thresholds and no supplied stabilization horizon in the space case. Without sign, floor or conditional primitives, margin amplification at bounded speed, overlapping polynomial gates and interval-product estimates give the common realization, from which we derive shared logical traces, fixed-field PSPACE-complete prediction and a robust safety family with polynomial certificates common to all Euler steps and the flow.

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arXiv (Cornell University)
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2026-10-29
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https://doi.org/10.48550/arxiv.2610.40025
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Computability, Logic, AI Algorithms
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One Polynomial Field for Every Euler Step and the Flow: Polynomial Dynamics for P and PSPACE

Olivier Bournez A
arXiv (Cornell University)
Computability, Logic, AI Algorithms
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One Polynomial Field for Every Euler Step and the Flow: Polynomial Dynamics for P and PSPACE

Olivier Bournez A
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Abstract

We construct, for each deterministic Turing machine that halts on all inputs, one polynomial vector field with rational coefficients that performs the same logical computation at unit Euler step, at every smaller or variable step in $(0,1]$ with divergent sum, and along the flow. This unifies discrete-time and continuous-time computation by polynomial dynamics, which earlier characterizations treated separately. For a machine making $T$ transitions in space $H$, a logical scale $h=2^{-s}$ with $s=O(H)$ suffices, with physical time $O(s(T+s))$, drift disturbances up to $h^{2K}$ for a fixed exponent $K$, and $2Ks+3$ fractional bits at unit step. On a fixed compact domain, polynomial time and robust eventual decision characterize P and PSPACE, respectively, with polynomial scale thresholds and no supplied stabilization horizon in the space case. Without sign, floor or conditional primitives, margin amplification at bounded speed, overlapping polynomial gates and interval-product estimates give the common realization, from which we derive shared logical traces, fixed-field PSPACE-complete prediction and a robust safety family with polynomial certificates common to all Euler steps and the flow.

arXiv (Cornell University)
Computability, Logic, AI Algorithms
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