Purely Catalytic P Systems over Integers and Their Generative Power

Abstract

We further investigate the computing power of the recently introduced P systems with Z-multisets (also known as hybrid sets) as generative devices. These systems apply catalytic rules in the maximally parallel way, even consuming absent non-catalysts, e ectively generating vectors of arbitrary (not just non-negative) integers. The rules may be made inapplicable only by dissolution rules. However, this releases the catalysts into the immediately outer region, where new rules might become applicable to them. We discuss the generative power of this model. Finally, we consider the variant with mobile catalysts.