Abstract
What happens if we interpret the syntax of primitive recursive functions in finite domains rather than in the (Platonic) realm of all natural numbers? The answer is somewhat surprising: primitive recursiveness coincides with LOGSPACE computability. Analogously, recursiveness coincides with PTIME computability on finite domains (cf. [Sa]). Inductive definitions for some other complexity classes are discussed too.

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