Ramsey's Theorem for Pairs and $k$ Colors as a Sub-Classical Principle of Arithmetic
Logic
2016-01-11 v1 Logic in Computer Science
Abstract
The purpose is to study the strength of Ramsey's Theorem for pairs restricted to recursive assignments of -many colors, with respect to Intuitionistic Heyting Arithmetic. We prove that for every natural number , Ramsey's Theorem for pairs and recursive assignments of colors is equivalent to the Limited Lesser Principle of Omniscience for formulas over Heyting Arithmetic. Alternatively, the same theorem over intuitionistic arithmetic is equivalent to: for every recursively enumerable infinite -ary tree there is some and some branch with infinitely many children of index .
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@article{arxiv.1601.01891,
title = {Ramsey's Theorem for Pairs and $k$ Colors as a Sub-Classical Principle of Arithmetic},
author = {Stefano Berardi and Silvia Steila},
journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:1601.01891},
year = {2016}
}
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17 pages