[FOM] 766: Large Cardinals and Emulations/45

Harvey Friedman hmflogic at gmail.com
Sun Jul 2 13:22:33 EDT 2017


I have finished the paper I have referred to for the upcoming Putnam
Volume edited by Cook and Hellman which should come out in 2018. See

https://u.osu.edu/friedman.8/foundational-adventures/downloadable-manuscripts/
92. Concrete Mathematical Incompleteness: Basic Emulation Theory, July
1, 2017, 78 pages. Submitted to the Putnam Volume, ed. Cook, Hellman.
PutnamVol070117-rm2g0t

There have been far too many major advances in this for me to discuss
them here - I think this paper is particularly clear. Let me know what
you think.

The paper lays out carefully Basic Emulation Theory, which is by no
means anything like the full Emulation Theory. It includes only the
forward directions of Emulation Theory on the one site Q[0,1] =
(Q[0,1],<). In addition to lots of thematic material, there is a
considerable discussion of finite relations, where things are provable
in RCA_0 and ACA', according to the situation, and already highly
nontrivial. Then I move to six statements that are provably equivalent
to Con(SRP). I prove them from Con(SRP) in the paper. The reversals
will appear in the book which I will try to finish in 2018, on
Concrete Mathematical Incompleteness, which includes the 800 page sub
book on BRT = Boolean Relation Theory. So the comprehensive book
should be 1500-2000 pages.

What is not in this paper on Basic Emulation Theory is as follows.

1. Finite Emulation Theory. This concerns the explicitly finite and
explicitly Pi01 forms. There seems to be emerging breakthroughs in
this which, if materializing, I will report on on the FOM soon. The
plan is for the explicitly finite and explicitly Pi01 forms to be so
good that they actually compete with the existing implicitly Pi01
forms in the current Putnam Volume paper.
2. Extended Emulation Theory. Here is where I develop the theory on
(Q,<), and also use some variants of maximal emulators. Step maximal
emulators and Greedy emulators and the like. Also lines and boxes.
3. Extreme Emulation Theory. This is where I develop the theory in the
direction that is equivalent to the consistency of HUGE cardinals, and
possibly more. Uses ideas from 2.
4. Extreme Finite Emulation Theory. This combines 1 and 3. Uses ideas from 2.

Reversals are extremely delicate, especially if I want good
information about low dimensions. If I am successful in dealing with
low dimensions that could amount to several hundred additional pages,
and perhaps be delayed beyond the book.

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700: Large Cardinals and Continuations/14  8/1/16  11:01AM
701: Extending Functions/1  8/10/16  10:02AM
702: Large Cardinals and Continuations/15  8/22/16  9:22PM
703: Large Cardinals and Continuations/16  8/26/16  12:03AM
704: Large Cardinals and Continuations/17  8/31/16  12:55AM
705: Large Cardinals and Continuations/18  8/31/16  11:47PM
706: Second Incompleteness/1  7/5/16  2:03AM
707: Second Incompleteness/2  9/8/16  3:37PM
708: Second Incompleteness/3  9/11/16  10:33PM
709: Large Cardinals and Continuations/19  9/13/16 4:17AM
710: Large Cardinals and Continuations/20  9/14/16  1:27AM
700: Large Cardinals and Continuations/14  8/1/16  11:01AM
701: Extending Functions/1  8/10/16  10:02AM
702: Large Cardinals and Continuations/15  8/22/16  9:22PM
703: Large Cardinals and Continuations/16  8/26/16  12:03AM
704: Large Cardinals and Continuations/17  8/31/16  12:55AM
705: Large Cardinals and Continuations/18  8/31/16  11:47PM
706: Second Incompleteness/1  7/5/16  2:03AM
707: Second Incompleteness/2  9/8/16  3:37PM
708: Second Incompleteness/3  9/11/16  10:33PM
709: Large Cardinals and Continuations/19  9/13/16 4:17AM
710: Large Cardinals and Continuations/20  9/14/16  1:27AM
711: Large Cardinals and Continuations/21  9/18/16 10:42AM
712: PA Incompleteness/1  9/23/16  1:20AM
713: Foundations of Geometry/1  9/24/16  2:09PM
714: Foundations of Geometry/2  9/25/16  10:26PM
715: Foundations of Geometry/3  9/27/16  1:08AM
716: Foundations of Geometry/4  9/27/16  10:25PM
717: Foundations of Geometry/5  9/30/16  12:16AM
718: Foundations of Geometry/6  101/16  12:19PM
719: Large Cardinals and Emulations/22
720: Foundations of Geometry/7  10/2/16  1:59PM
721: Large Cardinals and Emulations//23  10/4/16  2:35AM
722: Large Cardinals and Emulations/24  10/616  1:59AM
723: Philosophical Geometry/8  10/816  1:47AM
724: Philosophical Geometry/9  10/10/16  9:36AM
725: Philosophical Geometry/10  10/14/16  10:16PM
726: Philosophical Geometry/11  Oct 17 16:04:26 EDT 2016
727: Large Cardinals and Emulations/25  10/20/16  1:37PM
728: Philosophical Geometry/12  10/24/16  3:35PM
729: Consistency of Mathematics/1  10/25/16  1:25PM
730: Consistency of Mathematics/2  11/17/16  9:50PM
731: Large Cardinals and Emulations/26  11/21/16  5:40PM
732: Large Cardinals and Emulations/27  11/28/16  1:31AM
733: Large Cardinals and Emulations/28  12/6/16  1AM
734: Large Cardinals and Emulations/29  12/8/16  2:53PM
735: Philosophical Geometry/13  12/19/16  4:24PM
736: Philosophical Geometry/14  12/20/16  12:43PM
737: Philosophical Geometry/15  12/22/16  3:24PM
738: Philosophical Geometry/16  12/27/16  6:54PM
739: Philosophical Geometry/17  1/2/17  11:50PM
740: Philosophy of Incompleteness/2  1/7/16  8:33AM
741: Philosophy of Incompleteness/3  1/7/16  1:18PM
742: Philosophy of Incompleteness/4  1/8/16 3:45AM
743: Philosophy of Incompleteness/5  1/9/16  2:32PM
744: Philosophy of Incompleteness/6  1/10/16  1/10/16  12:15AM
745: Philosophy of Incompleteness/7  1/11/16  12:40AM
746: Philosophy of Incompleteness/8  1/12/17  3:54PM
747: PA Incompleteness/2  2/3/17 12:07PM
748: Large Cardinals and Emulations/30  2/15/17  2:19AM
749: Large Cardinals and Emulations/31  2/15/17  2:19AM
750: Large Cardinals and Emulations/32  2/15/17  2:20AM
751: Large Cardinals and Emulations/33  2/17/17 12:52AM
752: Emulation Theory for Pure Math/1  3/14/17  12:57AM
753: Emulation Theory for Math Logic  3/10/17  2:17AM
754: Large Cardinals and Emulations/34  3/12/17  12:34AM
755: Large Cardinals and Emulations/35  3/12/17  12:33AM
756: Large Cardinals and Emulations/36  3/24/17  8:03AM
757: Large Cardinals and Emulations/37  3/27/17  2:39AM
758: Large Cardinals and Emulations/38  4/10/17  1:11AM
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760: Large Cardinals and Emulations/40  4/13/17  11:53PM
761: Large Cardinals and Emulations/41  4/15/17  4:54PM
762: Baby Emulation Theory/Expositional  4/17/17  1:23AM
763: Large Cardinals and Emulations/42  5/817  2:18AM
764: Large Cardinals and Emulations/43  5/11/17  12:26AM
765: Large Cardinals and Emulations/44  5/14/17  6:03PM

Harvey Friedman


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