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Effectiveness for the Dual Ramsey Theorem

Logic 2021-05-21 v2

Abstract

We analyze the Dual Ramsey Theorem for kk partitions and \ell colors (DRTk\mathsf{DRT}^k_\ell) in the context of reverse math, effective analysis, and strong reductions. Over RCA0\mathsf{RCA}_0, the Dual Ramsey Theorem stated for Baire colorings is equivalent to the statement for clopen colorings and to a purely combinatorial theorem cDRTk\mathsf{cDRT}^k_\ell. When the theorem is stated for Borel colorings and k3k\geq 3, the resulting principles are essentially relativizations of cDRTk\mathsf{cDRT}^k_\ell. For each α\alpha, there is a computable Borel code for a Δα0\Delta^0_\alpha coloring such that any partition homogeneous for it computes (α)\emptyset^{(\alpha)} or (α1)\emptyset^{(\alpha-1)} depending on whether α\alpha is infinite or finite. For k=2k=2, we present partial results giving bounds on the effective content of the principle. A weaker version for Δn0\Delta^0_n reduced colorings is equivalent to D2n\mathsf{D}^n_2 over RCA0+IΣn10\mathsf{RCA}_0+\mathsf{I}\Sigma^0_{n-1} and in the sense of strong Weihrauch reductions.

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Cite

@article{arxiv.1710.00070,
  title  = {Effectiveness for the Dual Ramsey Theorem},
  author = {Damir Dzhafarov and Stephen Flood and Reed Solomon and Linda Brown Westrick},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:1710.00070},
  year   = {2021}
}

Comments

34 pages. Improvements to exposition. Accepted to NDJFL

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