In the mathematical field of computability theory, a PA degree is a Turing degree that computes a complete extension of Peano arithmetic (Jockusch 1987). These degrees are closely related to fixed-point-free (DNR) functions, and have been thoroughly investigated in recursion theory.
In recursion theory, denotes the computable function with index (program) e in some standard numbering of computable functions, and denotes the eth computable function using a set B of natural numbers as an oracle.
A set A of natural numbers is Turing reducible to a set B if there is a computable function that, given an oracle for set B, computes the characteristic function χA of the set A. That is, there is an e such that . This relationship is denoted A ≤TB; the relation ≤T is a preorder.