Abstract
A set of sufficient conditions on tape functions Ll(n) and L2(n) is presented that guarantees the existence of a set accepted by an Ll(n)-tape bounded nondeterministic Turing machine, but not accepted by any L~(n)-tape bounded nondeterministic Turing machine. In- teresting corollaries arise. For example, it is shown that, for integers m >_ 0, p > 1, and q > 1, there is a set accepted by an (n~+(P/q))-tape bounded nondeterministic Turing machine that is not accepted by any (nm+(p/(q+l)))-tape bounded nondeterministic Turing machine.

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