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We introduce a notion of vague convergence for random marked metric measure spaces. Our main result shows that convergence of the moments of order $k \ge 1$ of a random marked metric measure space is sufficient to obtain its vague…

Probability · Mathematics 2024-12-23 Félix Foutel-Rodier

We introduce the zeta number, natural halting probability and natural complexity of a Turing machine and we relate them to Chaitin's Omega number, halting probability, and program-size complexity. A classification of Turing machines…

Computational Complexity · Computer Science 2007-05-23 Cristian S. Calude , Michael A. Stay

A new stochastic primal--dual algorithm for solving a composite optimization problem is proposed. It is assumed that all the functions/operators that enter the optimization problem are given as statistical expectations. These expectations…

Optimization and Control · Mathematics 2020-06-23 Pascal Bianchi , Walid Hachem , Adil Salim

Ranking theories according to their strength is a recurring motif in mathematical logic. We introduce a new ranking of arbitrary (not necessarily recursively axiomatized) theories in terms of the encoding power of their $\beta$-models:…

Logic · Mathematics 2025-03-27 Hanul Jeon , Patrick Lutz , Fedor Pakhomov , James Walsh

A real \alpha is called recursively enumerable ("r.e." for short) if there exists a computable, increasing sequence of rationals which converges to \alpha. It is known that the randomness of an r.e. real \alpha can be characterized in…

Computational Complexity · Computer Science 2015-05-13 Kohtaro Tadaki

We give a reframing of Godel's first and second incompleteness theorems that applies even to some undefinable theories of arithmetic. The usual Hilbert-Bernays provability conditions and the diagonal lemma are replaced by a more direct…

Logic · Mathematics 2024-12-19 Yasha Savelyev

We study the reverse mathematics of countable analogues of several maximality principles that are equivalent to the axiom of choice in set theory. Among these are the principle asserting that every family of sets has a $\subseteq$-maximal…

Logic · Mathematics 2010-10-01 Damir D. Dzhafarov , Carl Mummert

We present an adequacy theorem for a concurrent extension of probabilistic GCL. The underlying denotational semantics is based on the so-called mixed powerdomains, which combine non-determinism with probabilistic behaviour. The theorem…

Logic in Computer Science · Computer Science 2025-09-29 Renato Neves

Let $S$ be the group of finitely supported permutations of a countably infinite set. Let $K[S]$ be the group algebra of $S$ over a field $K$ of characteristic $0$. According to a theorem of Formanek and Lawrence, $K[S]$ satisfies the…

Logic · Mathematics 2015-10-13 Kostas Hatzikiriakou , Stephen G. Simpson

Algorithmic randomness theory starts with a notion of an individual random object. To be reasonable, this notion should have some natural properties; in particular, an object should be random with respect to image distribution if and only…

Logic · Mathematics 2016-07-15 Laurent Bienvenu , Mathieu Hoyrup , Alexander Shen

This paper presents a reverse mathematical analysis of several forms of the sorites paradox. We first illustrate how traditional formulations are reliant on H\"older's Representation Theorem for ordered Archimedean groups. While this is…

Logic · Mathematics 2025-10-15 Walter Dean , Sam Sanders

We study the pigeonhole principle for $\Sigma_2$-definable injections with domain twice as large as the codomain, and the weak K\"onig lemma for $\Delta^0_2$-definable trees in which every level has at least half of the possible nodes. We…

Logic · Mathematics 2019-12-10 David Belanger , Chitat Chong , Wei Wang , Tin Lok Wong , Yue Yang

We call an $\alpha \in \mathbb{R}$ regainingly approximable if there exists a computable nondecreasing sequence $(a_n)_n$ of rational numbers converging to $\alpha$ with $\alpha - a_n < 2^{-n}$ for infinitely many $n \in \mathbb{N}$. We…

Logic · Mathematics 2026-02-11 Peter Hertling , Rupert Hölzl , Philip Janicki

We provide algorithmic versions of the Polynomial Freiman-Ruzsa theorem of Gowers, Green, Manners, and Tao (Ann. of Math., 2025). In particular, we give a polynomial-time algorithm that, given a set $A \subseteq \mathbb{F}_2^n$ with…

Combinatorics · Mathematics 2026-04-07 Davi Castro-Silva , Jop Briët , Srinivasan Arunachalam , Arkopal Dutt , Tom Gur

A combinatorial principle CECA is formulated and its equivalence with GCH+ certain weakenings of Box_lambda for singular lambda is proved. CECA is used to show that certain ``almost point- < tau'' families can be refined to point- < tau…

A Cantor set is a non-empty, compact set that has neither interior nor isolated points. In this paper a Cantor set $K\subseteq \mathbb{R}$ is constructed such that every set definable in $(\mathbb{R},<,+,\cdot,K)$ is Borel. In addition, we…

Logic · Mathematics 2016-05-04 Philipp Hieronymi

In this paper we characterize irreducible generic representations of $\SO_{2n+1}(k)$ where $k$ is a $p$-adic field) by means of twisted local gamma factors (the Local Converse Theorem). As applications, we prove that two irreducible generic…

Representation Theory · Mathematics 2007-05-23 Dihua Jiang , David Soudry

It is shown that the countably infinite dimensional pointed vector space (the vector space equipped with a constant) over a finite field has infinitely many first order definable reducts. This implies that the countable homogeneous…

Logic · Mathematics 2021-04-06 Bertalan Bodor , Peter J. Cameron , Csaba Szabó

Under reasonable algebraic assumptions and under an infinite second order moment assumption, we show that the logarithm of the norm (log-norm) of a product of random i.i.d. matrices with entries in $\mathbb{R}$ or in any other local field…

Probability · Mathematics 2026-01-09 Axel Péneau

An outlier is a datapoint that is set apart from a sample population. The outlier theorem in algorithmic information theory states that given a computable sampling method, outliers must appear. We present a simple proof to the outlier…

Computational Complexity · Computer Science 2023-06-27 Samuel Epstein