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Published online by Cambridge University Press: 12 March 2014
A number is a nonnegative integer, and E is the set of numbers. In [3], J. C. E. Dekker introduced the concept of a regressive set of order n as the range of a one-one function f of n arguments such that (i) domain f ⊆ En and, if (x 1, …, xn ) ∈ domain f, and yi ≤ ≤ xi for 1 ≤ i ≤ n, then (y 1, …, yn ) ∈ domain f, and (ii) if 1 ≤ i ≤ n and (x 1, …, xn ) ∈ domain f, then f(x 1 … x i−1, xi ∸ 1, x i+1 … xn ) can be found effectively from f(x 1 … xn ). (0 ∸ 1 = 0 and, for m ≥ 1, m ∸ 1 = m − 1.) Since one can take the view, as Dekker did when first introducing regressive functions in [1], that a regressive set of order one is the range of a function of the above type which is of order one and everywhere defined, it seems natural to study the n-dimensional analogue in which (i) is replaced by “domain f = En .” It is the purpose of this paper to study such sets.