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On the Orbits of Computably Enumerable Sets

Logic 2007-11-21 v4

Abstract

The goal of this paper is to show there is a single orbit of the c.e. sets with inclusion, E\mathcal{E}, such that the question of membership in this orbit is Σ11\Sigma^1_1-complete. This result and proof have a number of nice corollaries: The Scott rank of E\mathcal{E} is ω1CK+1;Notallorbitsareelementarilydefinable;Thereisnoarithmeticdescriptionofallorbitsof\omega^{CK}_1+1; Not all orbits are elementarily definable; There is no arithmetic description of all orbits of \mathcal{E};Forallfinite; For all finite \alpha \geq 9,thereisaproperly, there is a properly \Delta^0_\alpha$ orbit (from the proof). April 6, 2007, minor changes Nov 20, 2007, minor changes

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@article{arxiv.math/0607264,
  title  = {On the Orbits of Computably Enumerable Sets},
  author = {Peter Cholak and Rod Downey and Leo Harrington},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:math/0607264},
  year   = {2007}
}