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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 kk-many colors, with respect to Intuitionistic Heyting Arithmetic. We prove that for every natural number k2k \geq 2, Ramsey's Theorem for pairs and recursive assignments of kk colors is equivalent to the Limited Lesser Principle of Omniscience for Σ30\Sigma^0_3 formulas over Heyting Arithmetic. Alternatively, the same theorem over intuitionistic arithmetic is equivalent to: for every recursively enumerable infinite kk-ary tree there is some i<ki < k and some branch with infinitely many children of index ii.

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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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