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    It is not the case that Non-determinism is computationally less powerful with respect to space than it appears to be with respect to time

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    • 1.Savitch's theorem shows NPSPACE ⊆ DSPACE(f(n)²), but this simulation incurs a quadratic blowup, meaning non-determinism retains non-trivial computational significance for space.
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    • 2.The absence of an analogous polynomial-time simulation of non-determinism is an epistemic gap, not evidence that non-determinism is genuinely 'more powerful' for time—both cases reflect our ignorance.
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    • 3.Equating formal containment results with claims about relative 'power' conflates mathematical provability with the underlying computational reality, a category error Hartmanis and Stearns warned against.
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    • 1.The claim presupposes a symmetric baseline for comparing power across resource types, but time and space are incommensurable computational resources without a neutral tertium comparationis.
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    • 2.Immerman and Szelepcsényi independently proved NSPACE(f(n)) = co-NSPACE(f(n)), suggesting non-deterministic space has richer structural closure properties than non-deterministic time, complicating any simple 'less powerful' verdict.
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    Reasons Against

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    • 1.PSPACE equals NPSPACE (non-determinism does not add power for polynomial space)
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    • 2.Whether P equals NP remains an open question (non-determinism may add power for polynomial time)
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    Reason against 2 of 2
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    • 1.PSPACE equals NPSPACE, meaning non-determinism yields no additional power for space-bounded computation
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    • 2.Whether P equals NP remains unresolved, leaving open whether non-determinism adds power for time-bounded computation
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