Background
Both theorems use the notion of a time-constructible function. A function is time-constructible if there exists a deterministic Turing machine such that for every, if the machine is started with an input of n ones, it will halt after precisely steps. All polynomials with non-negative integral coefficients are time-constructible, as are exponential functions such as .
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