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Characterizing the strongly jump-traceable sets via randomness

Logic 2011-10-03 v1

Abstract

We show that if a set AA is computable from every superlow 1-random set, then AA is strongly jump-traceable. This theorem shows that the computably enumerable (c.e.) strongly jump-traceable sets are exactly the c.e.\ sets computable from every superlow 1-random set. We also prove the analogous result for superhighness: a c.e.\ set is strongly jump-traceable if and only if it is computable from every superhigh 1-random set. Finally, we show that for each cost function cc with the limit condition there is a 1-random Δ20\Delta^0_2 set YY such that every c.e.\ set ATYA \le_T Y obeys cc. To do so, we connect cost function strength and the strength of randomness notions. This result gives a full correspondence between obedience of cost functions and being computable from Δ20\Delta^0_2 1-random sets.

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@article{arxiv.1109.6749,
  title  = {Characterizing the strongly jump-traceable sets via randomness},
  author = {Noam Greenberg and Denis Hirschfeldt and Andre Nies},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:1109.6749},
  year   = {2011}
}

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41 pages

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