Abstract:
We consider a representation of functions $f(x_1,\cdots,x_n)$ in $P_k$ in the form
$$
g(x_1,\dots,x_m,F^1_2,\dots,F^1_m,\dots,F^m_1,\dots,F^m_{m-1}),
$$
where $2\le m\le n$ and $F^i_j=f(x_1,\dots,x_{j-1},x_i,x_{j+1},\dots,x_n)$ for $i\ne j$. We investigate the possibility of such representations with $g$ belonging to classes that are precomplete in $P_k$. We give upper bounds on the parameter $m$ in the representation.