@techreport{TR-IC-09-33, number = {IC-09-33}, author = {Igor Carboni Oliveira and Arnaldo Vieira Moura}, title = {A Generalization of the Time and Space Hierarchy Theorems}, month = {September}, year = {2009}, institution = {Institute of Computing, University of Campinas}, note = {In English, 7 pages. \par\selectlanguage{english}\textbf{Abstract} In this paper we introduce a new class of complexity measures and prove a general hierarchy theorem in computational complexity. In addition, we derive as a particular case of our result the traditional time and space hierarchy theorems. } }