Richardson's Theorem

Let be the class of expressions generated by

1. The rational numbers and the two real numbers and ,

2. The variable ,

3. The operations of addition, multiplication, and composition, and

4. The sine, exponential, and absolute value functions.

Then if , the predicate "" is recursively undecidable.

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