FOM: 102:Turing Degrees/2

Harvey Friedman friedman at math.ohio-state.edu
Sun Apr 8 17:20:30 EDT 2001


This is the second installment about Turing Degrees planned for FOM. We
continue the discussion.

1. UNIFORM ARITHMETICITY.

We introduce the notation UA(d), for degrees d, for the set of all reals
uniformly arithmetic in d.

The following is a restatement of a theorem from Turing Degrees/1.

Let Z2 be the usual first order system of second order arithmetic. Let Z2+
be Z2 with a satisfaction predicate added and induction and comprehension
are extended to all formulas in the expanded language.

THEOREM 1. There exists d such that UA(d) containedin d. This is provable
in Z2+ not provable in Z2.

The following is a sharpening of a theorem from Turing Degrees/1.

Let Z be Zermelo set theory and Z- be Zermelo set theory with bounded
separation.

THEOREM 2. UA is constant on a cone. This is provable in Z but not in Z-.

The preferred value of UA is the unique A such that UA is constantly A on
some cone.

QUESTION: What is the structure of the preferred value of UA? It contains
all reals x such that for some n, x lies in the minimum beta model of n-th
order arithmetic.

We will return to uniform arithmeticity after we discuss arithmetic
indiscernibles (in the third installment).

2. ARITHMETIC INDISCERNIBLES - FINITE TUPLES.

Let Zn be the usual first order system of n-th order arithmetic. Let Zn+ be
Zn with a satisfaction predicate added and induction and comprehension are
extended to all formulas in the expanded language.

For degrees d,e, we say that

d =A e

read "d,e are arithmetically equivalent"

if and only if

*any arithmetic property that holds of some element of d also holds of some
element of e*

More generally, let alpha and beta be finite sequences of degrees. We say that

alpha =A beta

real "alpha,beta are arithmetically equivalent"

if and only if

*alpha,beta are of the same length, and any arithmetic property that holds
of some sequence of representatives for alpha also holds of some sequence
of representatives for beta*

For degrees d,e, we write

d << e

if and only if d' <= e, where d' is the Turing jump of d.

We now discuss some strong Sigma-1-1 sentences.

THEOREM 3. There exist degrees d << e such that d =A e. I.e., there exist
two spread apart degrees which are arithmetically equivalent. This is
provable in Z2+ but not in Z2.

THEOREM 4. There exist degrees d1 << d2 << d3 such that d1,d2 =A d2,d3.
I.e., there exist three spread apart degrees such that the first two are
arithmetically equivalent to the last two. This is provable in Z3+ but not
in Z3.

THEOREM 5. Let n >= 2. There exist d1 << ... << dn such that d1,...,dn-1 =A
d2,...,dn. This is provable in Zn+ but not in Zn. Ths statement for all n
at once is provable in Z but not in Z-.

THEOREM 6. Let n >= 2. There exist d1 << ... << dn such that any two
subsequences of the same length are arithmetically equivalent. This is
provable in Zn+ but not in Zn. The statement for all n at once is provable
in Z but not in Z-.

We now look at infinite sequences of degrees.

THEROEM 7. Let n > = 2. There exists d1 << d2 << ... such that any two
subsequenes of length n are arithmetically equivalent. This is provable in
Zn+1+ but not in Zn+1. The statement for all n at once is provable in Z but
not in Z-.

THEOREM 8. There exists d1 << d2 << ... such that any two finite
subsequences of the same length are arithmetically equivalent. This
statement is provable in ZC + "for all recursive well orderings e, V(e)
exists". This statement is not provable in ZC + {V(e) exists: e is a
provably recursive well ordering of ZC}.

We can also equally well use "any two finite initial segments of the same
length are arithmetially equivalent".

3. ARITHMETIC INDISCERNIBLES - OMEGA SEQUENCES.

There seem to be several notions of arithmetic equivalence of omega
sequences of degrees. We are interested in using a natural notion which is
Sigma-1-1.

We first define the "arithmetic properties of omega sequences of degrees".

These are the arithmetic properties of omega sequences of reals whose truth
value depends only on the Turing degrees of the terms.

Finally, two omega sequences of degrees, d*,e*, are arithmetically
equivalent (written d* =A e*) if and only if there are choices of
representatives for d*,e* such that any arithmetic property of omega
sequences of degrees that holds of the choice of representatives for d*
holds of the choice of representatives for e*.

Note that d* =A e* is Sigma-1-1.

Also note that if we were to give this definition for finite sequences of
degrees, then it would agree with the simpler definition used in section 2
above.

PROPOSITION 9. There exists d1 << d2 << ... such that d1,d2,... =A
d2,d3,...  . There exists an omega sequence of degrees such that any two
omega subsequences are arithmetically equivalent.

THEOREM 10. Both form of Proposition 10 are provable in ZFC + "there exists
a measurable cardinal" but neither is provable in ZFC + "for all x
containedin omega, x# exists".

Using core model theory, both the upper and lower bounds can be sharpened
considerably. ZFC + "there exists an omega closed cardinal" is an upper
bound, and, say, ZFC + "a # for L(#) exists" is a lower bound. (Help from
Philip Welch).

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