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Self-embeddings of computable trees

Logic 2014-08-12 v1

Abstract

We divide the class of infinite computable trees into three types. For the first and second types, 00' computes a nontrivial self-embedding while for the third type 00'' computes a nontrivial self-embedding. These results are optimal and we obtain partial results concerning the complexity of nontrivial self-embeddings of infinite computable trees considered up to isomorphism. We show that every infinite computable tree must have either an infinite computable chain or an infinite Π10\Pi^0_1 antichain. This result is optimal and has connections to the program of reverse mathematics.

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@article{arxiv.1408.2286,
  title  = {Self-embeddings of computable trees},
  author = {Stephen Binns and Bjørn Kjos-Hanssen and Manuel Lerman and James H. Schmerl and Reed Solomon},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:1408.2286},
  year   = {2014}
}
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