tot

[cite:;taken from @computability_soare_2016 definition 1.6.15]
there is no effective procedure for deciding, given any , whether or not is a total function. that is to say, there is no recursive function such that
[cite:;taken from @computability_rogers_1987 chapter 1.9 the halting problem; theorem VIII]
is not recursively enumerable.
consider the following reduction function: , where:
then we have
which gives us the reduction .