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An isomorphism theorem for models of Weak K\"onig's Lemma without primitive recursion

Logic 2022-08-30 v2

Abstract

We prove that if (M,X)(M,\mathcal{X}) and (M,Y)(M,\mathcal{Y}) are countable models of the theory WKL0\mathrm{WKL}^*_0 such that IΣ1(A)\mathrm{I}\Sigma_1(A) fails for some AXYA \in \mathcal{X} \cap \mathcal{Y}, then (M,X)(M,\mathcal{X}) and (M,Y)(M,\mathcal{Y}) are isomorphic. As a consequence, the analytic hierarchy collapses to Δ11\Delta^1_1 provably in WKL0+¬IΣ10\mathrm{WKL}^*_0 + \neg\mathrm{I}\Sigma^0_1, and WKL\mathrm{WKL} is the strongest Π21\Pi^1_2 statement that is Π11\Pi^1_1-conservative over RCA0+¬IΣ10\mathrm{RCA}^*_0 + \neg\mathrm{I}\Sigma^0_1. Applying our results to the Δn0\Delta^0_n-definable sets in models of RCA0+BΣn0+¬IΣn0\mathrm{RCA}^*_0 + \mathrm{B}\Sigma^0_n + \neg\mathrm{I}\Sigma^0_n that also satisfy an appropriate relativization of Weak K\"onig's Lemma, we prove that for each n1n \ge 1, the set of Π21\Pi^1_2 sentences that are Π11\Pi^1_1-conservative over RCA0+BΣn0+¬IΣn0\mathrm{RCA}^*_0 + \mathrm{B}\Sigma^0_n + \neg\mathrm{I}\Sigma^0_n is c.e. In contrast, we prove that the set of Π21\Pi^1_2 sentences that are Π11\Pi^1_1-conservative over RCA0+BΣn0\mathrm{RCA}^*_0 + \mathrm{B}\Sigma^0_n is Π2\Pi_2-complete. This answers a question of Towsner. We also show that RCA0+RT22\mathrm{RCA}_0 + \mathrm{RT}^2_2 is Π11\Pi^1_1-conservative over BΣ20\mathrm{B}\Sigma^0_2 if and only if it is conservative over BΣ20\mathrm{B}\Sigma^0_2 with respect to Π50\forall \Pi^0_5 sentences.

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Cite

@article{arxiv.2112.10876,
  title  = {An isomorphism theorem for models of Weak K\"onig's Lemma without primitive recursion},
  author = {Marta Fiori-Carones and Leszek Aleksander Kołodziejczyk and Tin Lok Wong and Keita Yokoyama},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:2112.10876},
  year   = {2022}
}

Comments

29 pages. Somewhat more polished version compared to v1, with small improvements and simplifications throughout the text but no major mathematical changes. Introduction slightly expanded to point out model-theoretic aspects of the paper