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The reverse mathematics of Cousin's lemma

Logic 2020-11-30 v1

Abstract

Cousin's lemma is a compactness principle that naturally arises when studying the gauge integral, a generalisation of the Lebesgue integral. We study the axiomatic strength of Cousin's lemma for various classes of functions, using Friedman and Simpson's reverse mathematics in second-order arithmetic. We prove that, over RCA0\mathsf{RCA}_0: (i) Cousin's lemma for continuous functions is equivalent to the system WKL0\mathsf{WKL}_0; (ii) Cousin's lemma for Baire 1 functions is at least as strong as ACA0\mathsf{ACA}_0; (iii) Cousin's lemma for Baire 2 functions is at least as strong as ATR0\mathsf{ATR}_0.

Cite

@article{arxiv.2011.13060,
  title  = {The reverse mathematics of Cousin's lemma},
  author = {Jordan Mitchell Barrett},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:2011.13060},
  year   = {2020}
}

Comments

Honours thesis, Victoria University of Wellington, 30 Oct 2020. Supervised by Rod Downey and Noam Greenberg. 6+51 pages, 10 figures

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