Independence and Induction in Reverse Mathematics

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Autori principali: Belanger, David, Chong, Chi Tat, Hölzl, Rupert, Stephan, Frank
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author Belanger, David
Chong, Chi Tat
Hölzl, Rupert
Stephan, Frank
author_facet Belanger, David
Chong, Chi Tat
Hölzl, Rupert
Stephan, Frank
contents We continue the project of the study of reverse mathematics principles inspired by cardinal invariants. In this article in particular we focus on principles encapsulating the existence of large families of objects that are in some sense mutually independent. More precisely, we study the principle $\mathsf{MAD}$ stating that a maximal family of pairwise almost disjoint sets exists; and the principle $\mathsf{MED}$ expressing the existence of a maximal family of functions that are pairwise eventually different. We investigate characterisations of and relations between these principles and some of their variants. It turns out that induction strength at the levels of $\mathsf{B}\mathrmΣ_2^0$ or $\mathsf{I}\mathrmΣ_2^0$ is an essential parameter; for instance, over $\mathsf{B}\mathrmΣ_2^0$, we show that $\neg\mathsf{MAD}$ is equivalent to the principle $\mathsf{DOM}$ expressing that every weakly represented family of functions is dominated by some other function.
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Belanger, David
Chong, Chi Tat
Hölzl, Rupert
Stephan, Frank
Logic
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We continue the project of the study of reverse mathematics principles inspired by cardinal invariants. In this article in particular we focus on principles encapsulating the existence of large families of objects that are in some sense mutually independent. More precisely, we study the principle $\mathsf{MAD}$ stating that a maximal family of pairwise almost disjoint sets exists; and the principle $\mathsf{MED}$ expressing the existence of a maximal family of functions that are pairwise eventually different. We investigate characterisations of and relations between these principles and some of their variants. It turns out that induction strength at the levels of $\mathsf{B}\mathrmΣ_2^0$ or $\mathsf{I}\mathrmΣ_2^0$ is an essential parameter; for instance, over $\mathsf{B}\mathrmΣ_2^0$, we show that $\neg\mathsf{MAD}$ is equivalent to the principle $\mathsf{DOM}$ expressing that every weakly represented family of functions is dominated by some other function.
title Independence and Induction in Reverse Mathematics
topic Logic
03B30
url https://arxiv.org/abs/2408.09796