Although I feel the answer to the following question is negative, I can't get any precise results neither find anything to read. The question is:
Would a complete oracle from some level of arithmetical hierarchy anyhow boost the complexity classes, in terms of complexity? For example, would a P machine with halting problem oracle be able to solve anything from EXPTIME? Or LOGSPACE machine with the same oracle to solve something from PSPACE?
Thank you.
2026-04-02 22:34:21.1775169261
Complexity class with arithmetical oracle.
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Yes ofcourse,
With a halting oracle you can solve any decidable problem in polynomial time as follows:
Let L be a decidable language, and let M its decider.
K: on input x do{
Construct a turing machine N: on input y {
}
query the HALT oracle with (N,x) and output its result
}
Clearly $K(x) = true \iff M(x) = true$. It also solves this problem in polynomial time. Also, the machine N does not depend on the input, so this problem only needs a constant amount of space. So we can solve any decidable problem, even in logspace, with a halting oracle.