 Infinite-domain range-restriction index set (source code)

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= Infinite-domain range-restriction index set

For a nonempty set $X$ of words, the property
$$
w\in\mathbf{Inf}
\quad\hbox{and}\quad
\operatorname{ran}(f_{w,1})\subseteq X
$$
is a nontrivial extensional property of unary partial computable functions: the nowhere-defined function fails it, while any total constant function with value in $X$ satisfies it. The <Rice theorem> therefore makes its index set undecidable.

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