Thin set theorems and cone avoidance
Abstract
The thin set theorem asserts the existence, for every -coloring of the subsets of natural numbers of size , of an infinite set of natural numbers, all of whose subsets of size use at most colors. Whenever , the statement corresponds to Ramsey's theorem. From a computational viewpoint, the thin set theorem admits a threshold phenomenon, in that whenever the number of colors is sufficiently large with respect to the size of the tuples, then the thin set theorem admits strong cone avoidance. Let be the sequence of Catalan numbers. For , admits strong cone avoidance if and only if and cone avoidance if and only if . We say that a set is -encodable if there is an instance of such that every solution computes . The -encodable sets are precisely the hyperarithmetic sets if and only if , the arithmetic sets if and only if , and the computable sets if and only if .
Cite
@article{arxiv.1812.00188,
title = {Thin set theorems and cone avoidance},
author = {Peter Cholak and Ludovic Patey},
journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:1812.00188},
year = {2019}
}
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30 pages