The reverse mathematics of Cousin's lemma
Logic
2020-11-30 v1
Abstract
Cousin's lemma is a compactness principle that naturally arises when studying the gauge integral, a generalisation of the Lebesgue integral. We study the axiomatic strength of Cousin's lemma for various classes of functions, using Friedman and Simpson's reverse mathematics in second-order arithmetic. We prove that, over : (i) Cousin's lemma for continuous functions is equivalent to the system ; (ii) Cousin's lemma for Baire 1 functions is at least as strong as ; (iii) Cousin's lemma for Baire 2 functions is at least as strong as .
Cite
@article{arxiv.2011.13060,
title = {The reverse mathematics of Cousin's lemma},
author = {Jordan Mitchell Barrett},
journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:2011.13060},
year = {2020}
}
Comments
Honours thesis, Victoria University of Wellington, 30 Oct 2020. Supervised by Rod Downey and Noam Greenberg. 6+51 pages, 10 figures