[FOM] 334: Progress in Pi01 Incompleteness 2
Harvey Friedman
friedman at math.ohio-state.edu
Fri Apr 3 22:02:51 EDT 2009
This is a modification of posting #326: Progress in Pi01
Incompleteness 1 10/22/08 11:58PM
http://www.cs.nyu.edu/pipermail/fom/2008-October/013161.html
The modified form lends itself to a cleaner and very promising
classification study.
PROGRESS IN Pi01 INCOMPLETENESS 2
DRAFT
Harvey M. Friedman
April 3, 2009
1. STATEMENTS.
We define N to be the set of all nonnegative integers. For any set A
containedin N^k, we write A' = N^k\A.
Let R containedin N^4k. We say that R is upwards if and only if for
all x in N^3k and y in N^k, (x,y) in R implies max(x) < max(y).
We define RA for A containedin N^k only, by
RA = {y in N^k: (therexists x in A^3)((x,y) in R)}.
THEOREM 1.1. For all k >= 1 and upwards R containedin N^4k, some RA is
A'. Furthermore, A is unique.
We want to work with very concrete R containedin N^4k.
We say that x,y in N^k are order equivalent if and only if for all 1
<= i,j <= k, x_i < x_j iff y_i < y_j.
We say that R containedin N^k is order invariant if and only if for
all order equivalent x,y in N^k, x in R iff y in R.
We have the following concrete form of Theorem 1.1. Here EXP means
"the characteristic function is computable in exponential time".
THEOREM 1.2. For all k >= 1 and upwards order invariant R containedin
N^4k, some RA is A'. Furthermore, A is unique and lies in EXP.
We can weaken Theorem 1.2 as follows.
THEOREM 1.3. For all k >= 1 and upwards order invariant R containedin
N^4k, some RRA is R(A'). Furthermore, we can require that A lies in EXP.
But not like this.
THEOREM 1.4. The following is false. For all k >= 1 and upwards order
invariant R containedin N^4k, some RRA is R(A') union A+2.
However!!
PROPOSITION 1.5. For all r >> k >= 1 and upwards order invariant R
containedin [r,infinity)^4k, some RRA is a subset of R(A') union A+1
with the
same k dimensional powers of 2. Furthermore, we can require that A
lies in EXP.
It is clear that Proposition 1.5 is explicitly arithmetical, with the
help of EXP. The >> can be made a double exponential. Then by an
infinite tree argument, we can see that Proposition 1.5 is Pi01.
PROPOSITION 1.6. For all r,t >> k >= 1 and upwards order invariant R
containedin [r,t]^4k, some RRA is a subset of R(A') union A+1 with the
same k dimensional powers of 2.
SMAH = ZFC + {there exists a strongly n-Mahlo cardinal}_n. SMAH+ = ZFC +
"for all n there exists a strongly n-Mahlo cardinal".
THEOREM 1.7. Theorems 1.1 - 1.4 are provable in RCA_0. Propositions
1.5, 1.6 are provable in SMAH+ but not in SMAH, assuming that SMAH is
consistent. Propositions 1.5, 1.6 are provably equivalent, over ACA,
to CON(MAH). Propositions 1.5, 1.6 are not provable in any consistent
subsystem of MAH. In particular, Propositions 1.5, 1.6 are not
provable in ZFC, assuming ZFC is consistent. If we delete "union A+1"
then Propositions 1.5, 1.6 become weakened forms of Theorems 1.1, 1.2,
1.3. These results hold even if we remove the second sentence of
Proposition 1.5.
The 4 in "4k" can be extended to any higher number in the obvious way
without changing the results. We have not investigated the
independence status when 4 is replaced by 2 or 3. Probably 3 will
still give the same results, but 2 is not enough for independence.
We can weaken Proposition 1.6 by replacing r,t with various definite
functions of k. In particular, if we use iterated exponentials, then
we get the consistency of: impredicative theory of types, or, roughly,
Zermelo set theory (with bounded separation). I think that using the
Ackermann function should get Con(ZFC). As we climb up the < epsilon_0
recursive functions, we should be going up through the consistency of
SMAH. Details to be worked out later.
2. TEMPLATES.
Let r,t,k be fixed.
TEMPLATE. For all upwards order invariant R containedin [r,t]^4k,
there exists A containedin [r,t]^k such that a given Boolean
combination of RRA, R(A'), A+1, {1,2,4,...}^k, holds.
The result should be that if t is double exponentially bigger than r,
and r is double exponentially bigger than k, and k is at least some
small integer, then the Boolean combinations that make the Template
true are completely determined. Only essentially one (or actually a
few) of them cannot be resolved in RCA0 (for all relevant r,t,k at
once), and those give equivalence with Con(SMAH). Also, corresponding
length of proof results should be obtained.
Four variable Boolean equations are generally within reach. The number
of them is quite big - 2^2^4 = 2^16 = 65,536. However, there is a lot
of elimination. We are confident that we can handle this Template.
More ambitiously, we should strive to handle the Boolean combinations of
A,A+1,RA,R(A'),RRA,RR(A')
and more.
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