On the Σ2-theory of the upper semilattice of Turing degrees

1993 ◽  
Vol 58 (1) ◽  
pp. 193-204 ◽  
Author(s):  
Carl G. Jockusch ◽  
Theodore A. Slaman
Keyword(s):  
Upper Bound ◽  
New Method ◽  
Turing Degrees ◽  
Decidability Result ◽  
First Order ◽  
Upper Semilattice ◽  
Bound Operator ◽  
Degrees Of Unsolvability

A first-order sentence Φ is Σ2 if there is a quantifier-free formula Θ such that Φ has the form . The Σ2-theory of a structure for a language ℒ is the set of Σ2-sentences of ℒ true in . It was shown independently by Lerman and Shore (see [Le, Theorem VII.4.4]) that the Σ2-theory of the structure = 〈D, ≤ 〉 is decidable, where D is the set of degrees of unsolvability and ≤ is the standard ordering of D. This result is optimal in the sense that the Σ3-theory of is undecidable, a result due to J. Schmerl. (For a proof, see [Le, Theorem VII.4.5]. As Lerman has pointed out, this proof should be corrected by defining θσ to be ∀xσ1(x) rather than ∀x(ψ(x)→ σ1(x)).) Nonetheless, in this paper we extend the decidability result of Lerman and Shore by showing that the Σ2-theory of is decidable, where ⋃ is the least upper bound operator and 0 is the least degree. Of course ⋃ is definable in , but many interesting degree-theoretic results are expressible as Σ2-sentences in the language of ∪ but not as Σ2-sentences in the language of . For instance, Simpson observed that the Posner-Robinson cupping theorem could be used to show that for any nonzero degrees a, b, there is a degree g such that b ≤ a ⋃ g, and b ⋠ g (see [PR, Corollary 6]). However, the Posner-Robinson technique does not seem to suffice to decide the Σ2-theory of ∪. We introduce instead a new method for coding a set into the join of two other sets and use it to decide this theory.

Jump embeddings in the Turing degrees

1991 ◽  
Vol 56 (2) ◽  
pp. 563-591 ◽  
Author(s):  
Peter G. Hinman ◽  
Theodore A. Slaman
Keyword(s):  
Partial Ordering ◽  
Turing Degrees ◽  
First Order ◽  
Upper Semilattice ◽  
Recursively Enumerable ◽  
Locally Countable ◽  
Image Set ◽  
Turing Reducibility ◽  
Image Position ◽  
Order Structures

Since its introduction in [K1-Po], the upper semilattice of Turing degrees has been an object of fascination to practitioners of the recursion-theoretic art. Starting from relatively simple concepts and definitions, it has turned out to be a structure of enormous complexity and richness. This paper is a contribution to the ongoing study of this structure.Much of the work on Turing degrees may be formulated in terms of the embeddability of certain first-order structures in a structure whose universe is some set of degrees and whose relations, functions, and constants are natural degree-theoretic ones. Thus, for example, we know that if {P, ≤P) is a partial ordering of cardinality at most ℵ1 which is locally countable—each point has at most countably many predecessors—then there is an embeddingwhere D is the set of all Turing degrees and <T is Turing reducibility. If (P, ≤P) is a countable partial ordering, then the image of the embedding may be taken to be a subset of R, the set of recursively enumerable degrees. Without attempting to make the notion completely precise, we shall call embeddings of the first sort global, in contrast to local embeddings which impose some restrictions on the image set.

Limit Cycle Bifurcations for Piecewise Smooth Hamiltonian Systems with a Generalized Eye-Figure Loop

2016 ◽  
Vol 26 (12) ◽  
pp. 1650204 ◽  
Author(s):  
Jihua Yang ◽  
Liqin Zhao
Keyword(s):  
Lower Bound ◽  
Limit Cycle ◽  
Hamiltonian Systems ◽  
Limit Cycles ◽  
Upper Bound ◽  
Melnikov Function ◽  
Piecewise Smooth ◽  
First Order ◽  
Period Annulus

This paper deals with the limit cycle bifurcations for piecewise smooth Hamiltonian systems. By using the first order Melnikov function of piecewise near-Hamiltonian systems given in [Liu & Han, 2010], we give a lower bound and an upper bound of the number of limit cycles that bifurcate from the period annulus between the center and the generalized eye-figure loop up to the first order of Melnikov function.

scholarly journals THE n-r.e. DEGREES: UNDECIDABILITY AND Σ1 SUBSTRUCTURES

2012 ◽  
Vol 12 (01) ◽  
pp. 1250005 ◽  
Author(s):  
MINGZHONG CAI ◽  
RICHARD A. SHORE ◽  
THEODORE A. SLAMAN
Keyword(s):  
Turing Degrees ◽  
First Order ◽  
Global Properties

We study the global properties of [Formula: see text], the Turing degrees of the n-r.e. sets. In Theorem 1.5, we show that the first order of [Formula: see text] is not decidable. In Theorem 1.6, we show that for any two n and m with n < m, [Formula: see text] is not a Σ1-substructure of [Formula: see text].

Sublattices and Initial Segments of the Degrees of Unsolvability

1970 ◽  
Vol 22 (3) ◽  
pp. 569-581 ◽  
Author(s):  
S. K. Thomason
Keyword(s):  
Lower Bound ◽  
Upper Bound ◽  
Lattice Theory ◽  
Initial Segment ◽  
Finite Lattice ◽  
Equivalence Relations ◽  
Finite Lattices ◽  
Image Position ◽  
Degrees Of Unsolvability

In this paper we shall prove that every finite lattice is isomorphic to a sublattice of the degrees of unsolvability, and that every one of a certain class of finite lattices is isomorphic to an initial segment of degrees.Acknowledgment. I am grateful to Ralph McKenzie for his assistance in matters of lattice theory.1. Representation of lattices. The equivalence lattice of the set S consists of all equivalence relations on S, ordered by setting θ ≦ θ’ if for all a and b in S, a θ b ⇒ a θ’ b. The least upper bound and greatest lower bound in are given by the ⋃ and ⋂ operations:

Minimal degrees and the jump operator

1973 ◽  
Vol 38 (2) ◽  
pp. 249-271 ◽  
Author(s):  
S. B. Cooper
Keyword(s):  
Minimal Degree ◽  
Partial Ordering ◽  
Jump Operator ◽  
Upper Semilattice ◽  
Recursively Enumerable ◽  
Original Number ◽  
Nonzero Degree ◽  
The Relationship ◽  
Degrees Of Unsolvability

The jump a′ of a degree a is defined to be the largest degree recursively enumerable in a in the upper semilattice of degrees of unsolvability. We examine below some of the ways in which the jump operation is related to the partial ordering of the degrees. Fried berg [3] showed that the equation a = x′ is solvable if and only if a ≥ 0′. Sacks [13] showed that we can find a solution of a = x′ which is ≤ 0′ (and in fact is r.e.) if and only if a ≥ 0′ and is r.e. in 0′. Spector [16] constructed a minimal degree and Sacks [13] constructed one ≤ 0′. So far the only result concerning the relationship between minimal degrees and the jump operator is one due to Yates [17] who showed that there is a minimal predecessor for each non-recursive r.e. degree, and hence that there is a minimal degree with jump 0′. In §1, we obtain an analogue of Friedberg's theorem by constructing a minimal degree solution for a = x′ whenever a ≥ 0′. We incorporate Friedberg5s original number-theoretic device with a complicated sequence of approximations to the nest of trees necessary for the construction of a minimal degree. The proof of Theorem 1 is a revision of an earlier, shorter presentation, and incorporates many additions and modifications suggested by R. Epstein. In §2, we show that any hope for a result analogous to that of Sacks on the jumps of r.e. degrees cannot be fulfilled since 0″ is not the jump of any minimal degree below 0′. We use a characterization of the degrees below 0′ with jump 0″ similar to that found for r.e. degrees with jump 0′ by R. W. Robinson [12]. Finally, in §3, we give a proof that every degree a ≤ 0′ with a′ = 0″ has a minimal predecessor. Yates [17] has already shown that every nonzero r.e. degree has a minimal predecessor, but that there is a nonzero degree ≤ 0′ with no minimal predecessor (see [18]; or for the original unrelativized result see [10] or [4]).

On finite lattices of degrees of constructibility of reals

1976 ◽  
Vol 41 (2) ◽  
pp. 313-322 ◽  
Author(s):  
Zofia Adamowicz
Keyword(s):  
Standard Model ◽  
Finite Lattice ◽  
Partial Ordering ◽  
Turing Degrees ◽  
Upper Semilattice ◽  
Finite Lattices ◽  
Definition Of ◽  
The Universe

Theorem. Assume that there exists a standard model of ZFC + V = L. Then there is a model of ZFC in which the partial ordering of the degrees of constructibility of reals is isomorphic with a given finite lattice.The proof of the theorem uses forcing. The definition of the forcing conditions and the proofs of some of the lemmas are connected with Lerman's paper on initial segments of the upper semilattice of the Turing degrees [2]. As an auxiliary notion we shall introduce the notion of a sequential representation of a lattice, which slightly differs from Lerman's representation.Let K be a given finite lattice. Assume that the universe of K is an integer l. Let ≤K be the ordering in K. A sequential representation of K is a sequence Ui ⊆ Ui+1 of finite subsets of ωi such that the following holds:(1) For any s, s′ Є Ui, i Є ω, k, m Є l, k ≤Km & s(m) = s′(m) → s(k) = s′(k).(2) For any s Є Ui, i Є ω, s(0) = 0 where 0 is the least element of K.(3) For any s, s′ Є i Є ω, k,j Є l, if k y Kj = m and s(k) = s′(k) & s(j) = s′(j) → s(m) = s′(m), where vK denotes the join in K.

Accurate power series for eigenvalues of spheroidal angle functions and their convergence radii

2011 ◽  
Vol 89 (11) ◽  
pp. 1083-1099
Author(s):  
Tam Do-Nhat
Keyword(s):  
Power Series ◽  
Least Squares ◽  
Complex Plane ◽  
Branch Point ◽  
Upper Bound ◽  
Least Squares Method ◽  
Radius Of Convergence ◽  
New Method ◽  
Recursion Relations

In this paper, the radius of convergence of the spheroidal power series associated with the eigenvalue is calculated without using the branch point approach. Studying the properties of the power series using the recursion relations among its coefficients in the new method offers some insights into the spheroidal power series and its associated eigenfunction. This study also used the least squares method to accurately compute the convergence radii to five or six significant digits. Within the circle of convergence in the complex plane of the parameter c = kF, where k is the wavenumber and F is the semifocal length of the spheroidal system, the extremely fast convergent spheroidal power series are computed with full precision. In addition, a formula for the magnitude of the upper bound of the error is obtained.

scholarly journals Complex tilings

2008 ◽  
Vol 73 (2) ◽  
pp. 593-613 ◽  
Author(s):  
Bruno Durand ◽  
Leonid A. Levin ◽  
Alexander Shen
Keyword(s):  
Kolmogorov Complexity ◽  
Turing Degrees ◽  
Degrees Of Unsolvability

AbstractWe study the minimal complexity of tilings of a plane with a given tile set. We note that every tile set admits either no tiling or some tiling with Kolmogorov complexity of its (n × n)-squares. We construct tile sets for which this bound is tight: all (n × n)-squares in all tilings have complexity Ω(n). This adds a quantitative angle to classical results on non-recursivity of tilings—that we also develop in terms of Turing degrees of unsolvability.

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