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For a standard effective numbering $e\mapsto {\phi }_e$ of partial computable functions, there is a total computable function $p(e,k)$, injective in the pair $(e,k)$, such that ${\phi }_{p(e,k)}={\phi }_e$. Thus infinitely many different program indices can describe exactly the same computation. The uniformity matters: the extra index can be chosen algorithmically, rather than merely known to exist.

For a concrete Turing machine coding, insert an unreachable block carrying the original description and the integer $k$, with a recognizable delimiter. Execution never enters that block, so the partial computable function remains unchanged; the recognizable description makes the padded indices distinct. The general version for acceptable numberings transfers this construction through a computable isomorphism of numberings. Padding distinguishes properties of program indices from properties of the partial computable functions they compute.