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The Reverse Mathematics of Analytic Measurability

Logic 2026-03-25 v1

Abstract

A classical theorem of Lusin states that all analytic sets are Lebesgue-measurable. In this article we established the reverse mathematical strength of Lusin's theorem, which depends on how precisely it is formalized. By doing so, we answer to a question of Simpson. Our main proof is motivated towards proving a specific version of that result, namely that analytic sets are Lesbesgue-regular, which requires the equality of the outer and inner measures of the set in question. We prove this statement to be equivalent to Σ11\Sigma^{1}_{1}-IND\mathrm{IND} over ATR0\mathrm{ATR}_{0}. The full statement of the theorem, that is the one implying the existence of the measure as a real number, is equivalent to Π11\Pi^{1}_{1}-CA0\mathrm{CA}_{0}, again provably over ATR0\mathrm{ATR}_{0}. In our main proof, we draw inspiration from Solovay's construction of a model of Zermelo-Fraenkel set theory where every set is Lebesgue measurable. In our case the argument requires the use of class forcing over a family of standard and non-standard models of a very weak set theory obtained through the method of pseudohierarchies.

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@article{arxiv.2603.22503,
  title  = {The Reverse Mathematics of Analytic Measurability},
  author = {Juan P. Aguilera and Thibaut Kouptchinsky and Keita Yokoyama},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:2603.22503},
  year   = {2026}
}
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