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Effectiveness and strong graph indivisibility

Logic 2024-11-27 v1

Abstract

A relational structure is \emph{strongly indivisible} if for every partition M=X0X1M = X_0 \sqcup X_1, the induced substructure on X0X_0 or X1X_1 is isomorphic to M\mathcal{M}. Cameron (1997) showed that a graph is strongly indivisible if and only if it is the complete graph, the completely disconnected graph, or the random graph. We analyze the strength of Cameron's theorem using tools from computability theory and reverse mathematics. We show that Cameron's theorem is is effective up to computable presentation, and give a partial result towards showing that the full theorem holds in the ω\omega-model REC\mathsf{REC}. We also establish that Cameron's original proof makes essential use of the stronger induction scheme IΣ20\mathsf{I}\Sigma^0_2.

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@article{arxiv.2411.16950,
  title  = {Effectiveness and strong graph indivisibility},
  author = {Damir D. Dzhafarov and Reed Solomon and Andrea Volpi},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:2411.16950},
  year   = {2024}
}
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