[FOM] 417: Integer Decomposition Theory 4

Harvey Friedman friedman at math.ohio-state.edu
Wed Apr 28 00:01:30 EDT 2010


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The notion of Integer Decomposition I have been using seems to be too  
strict, and so I must do something more general. Fortunately, this  
reads as a simple change.

Specifically, we can view any f:N^k into N as a "notion of  
decomposition". I.e., n is "decomposed" by

n = f(m_1,...,m_k)

provided 0 <= m_1,...,m_k < n.

So we will updates Integer Decomposition Theory 3 http://www.cs.nyu.edu/pipermail/fom/2010-April/014646.html 
  accordingly.

The easiest to read is Proposition 5.3.

The Pi01 sentences are Propositions 8.1, 8.2.

This posting is self contained.

INTEGER DECOMPOSITION THEORY 4
by
Harvey M. Friedman
April 27, 2010

1. DECOMPOSITION AND BASES.
2. RUDIMENTARY DECOMPOSITION CONSTRUCTION.
3. CONSTRAINED DECOMPOSITION CONSTRUCTION.
4. ACCELERATED DECOMPOSITION CONSTRUCTION.
5. INFINITARY DECOMPOSITION THEOREMS.
6. FINITE DECOMPOSITION THEOREMS.
7. INFINITARY PL DECOMPOSITION THEOREMS.
8. FINITARY PL DECOMPOSITION THEOREMS.
9. REMARK.

1. DECOMPOSITION AND BASES.

Let f:N^k into N. An f decomposition of n in N takes the form

n = f(m_1,...,m_k)

where 0 <= m_1,...,m_k < n. THe "arguments" of the f decomposition are  
m_1,...,m_k.

An f decomposition of n in N is said to be from A contained in N if
and only if each of the k arguments lies in A.

A basis for f decomposition is a set A contained in N such that

i. Every n in N is either in A or has an f decomposition from A.
ii. No element of A has an f decomposition from A.

THEOREM 1.1. Any f decomposition has a unique basis. The unique basis
is infinite.

2. RUDIMENTARY DECOMPOSITION CONSTRUCTION.

We now give the Rudimentary f Decomposition Construction, which
constructs the unique basis in the most straightfoward way.

Let f:N^k into N. We inductively define sets A_0,... as follows.

A_0 = emptyset.
For i >= 0, A_i+1 = A_i if i has an f decomposition from A_i; A_i  
union {i} otherwise.

THEOREM 2.1. In the Rudimentary f Decomposition Construction, the  
union of the A's is its unique basis.

3. CONSTRAINED DECOMPOSITION CONSTRUCTION.

We give the alternative Constrained f Decomposition Construction. We
prove that this results in the same sequence of sets.

Let f:N^k into N. We inductively define sets A_0,... as follows.

Set A_0 = emptyset.
For i >= 0, first throw the elements of A_i into A_i+1. Then either
throw i into A_i+1, or throw the arguments of some f decomposition of i
into A_i+1.

CONSTRAINT: No element of A has an f decomposition from A.

We consider the construction of A_i+1 to be finished if and only if A_i
+1 satisfies the constraint.

THEOREM 3.1. In the Constrained f Decomposition Construction, any
arguments thrown into A_i+1 during the process of constructing A_i+1 as
above, must already lie in A_i. The sets A_i in any Constrained f
Decomposition Construction are the same as the sets A_i in the
Rudimentary f Decomposition Construction.

4. ACCELERATED DECOMPOSITION CONSTRUCTION.

Let f:N^k into N.

In the Rudimentary and Constrained f Decomposition Constructions, we
process the integer i at stage i+1. In the Accelerated Decomposition
Construction, we accelerate the processing of integers. We will
consider one form of Accelerated Decomposition.

Set A_0 to be any subset of N - no longer required to be the empty set.

For i >= 0, first throw the elements of A_i into A_i+1. Then for each
x in (A_i + A_i) union {i}, either throw x into A_i+1, or throw the
arguments of some f decomposition of x into A_i+1.

CONSTRAINT: No element of A has an f decomposition from A.

We consider the construction of A_i+1 to be finished if and only if A_i
+1 satisfies the constraint.

Note that the Accelerated f Decomposition Construction is, in general,
truly accelerated over the
Constrained f Decomposition Construction, since, in general, A_0 is
nonempty, i gets processed at stage i+1, and more than just i gets
processed at stage i+1.

In the construction of A_i+1, we can process the x in (A_i + A_i)
union {i} in numerical order - although this is not important.

NOTE: We have used (A_i + A_i) union {i} because we are "accelerating"
over the usual construction. However, we could use A_i + A_i instead,
and we would get the same independence results - except that we have
to use "odd" and not "even" in Propositions 5.3. This will certainly
be covered in the manuscript - including an analysis of what we can
use. We would, however, lose the background results Theorem 4.1,
Corollary 4.2.

THEOREM 4.1. The union of the sets in any Accelerated f Decomposition
Construction of infinite length must be the unique basis for E
decomposition.

COROLLARY 4.2. Any Accelerated f Decomposition Construction that
starts with a set with elements outside the unique basis for f
decomposition, must be of finite length.

 From now on, we concentrate on Accelerated f Decomposition  
Construction. It will be convenient to refer to these as: f  
constructions.

5. INFINITARY DECOMPOSITION THEOREMS.

Let f:N^k into N. We want to give information on the initial set
A_0 of an f-construction, of length r.

If the construction builds exactly the sets A_0,...,A_r, then we say
that the construction is of length r. We are allowed to abort the
construction at any stage.

THEOREM 5.1. There is an f construction of infinite length starting  
with an infinite set.

THEOREM 5.2. The possible starting sets for f constructions of length  
4 are closed under inclusion.

PROPOSITION 5.3. There is an f construction of any given finite length  
starting with some infinite set of even (odd) integers.

There is a more general form of Proposition 5.3.

PROPOSITION 5.4. There is an f construction of any given finite length  
starting with some infinite subset of any given infinite subset of N.

Still more generally,

PROPOSITION 5.5. Let infinite sets E_1,... contained in N be given.  
There is an f-construction of any given finite length starting with  
some set that has infinite intersection with every E_j.

THEOREM 5.6. Propositions 5.3 - 5.5 are provable in SMAH+ but not in
any consequence of SMAH consistent with RCA_0. Propositions 5.3 - 5.5
imply Con(SMAH) over ACA', and follow from 1-Con(SMAH) over ACA'.

Here SMAH+ = ZFC + "for all k there exists a strongly k-Mahlo
cardinal". SMAH = ZFC + {there exists a strongly k-Mahlo cardinal"_k.
ACA' is ACA_0 + "for all n in N and x contained in N, the n-th
Turing jump of x exists".

6. FINITARY DECOMPOSITION THEOREMS.

Let A contained in N. We say that B is a p tame subset of A if and  
only if

i. B is a subset of A.
ii. The number of elements in B less than any given x in A is at most  
p to the number of elements in A less than x.

Here is a sharper form of Proposition 5.3.

PROPOSITION 6.1. For all E contained in N^k, there is an f  
construction of length k, where A_0 contained in 2N is an infinite  
(8k)!! tame subset of A_k.

Now for the semi finite form. Note that any f construction starting  
with a finite set, must consist of finite sets.

PROPOSITION 6.2. For all f:N^k into N, there is an f construction of  
length k, where A_0 contained in 2N is an r element (8k)!! tame subset  
of A_k.

Now for the Pi02 form. We give two forms.

PROPOSITION 6.3. For all k,r there exists t such that the following  
holds. For all f:{0,...,t}^k into N, there is an f construction of  
length k, where A_0 contained in {0,2,4,...,2t} is an r element (8k)!!  
tame subset of A_k.

The expression (8k)!! is just safe and convenient, and are far higher
than what is needed. We will be more frugal at a later time.

THEOREM 6.4. Propositions 6.1 - 6.3 are provable in SMAH+ but not in
any consequence of SMAH consistent with RCA_0. Propositions 6.1 - 6.3
imply Con(SMAH) over ACA', and follow from 1-Con(SMAH) over ACA'.

7. INFINITARY PL DECOMPOSITION THEOREMS.

Here we assume that f is an integral piecewise linear (PL) subset of  
N^k, with integer coefficients. We can use rational coefficients  
throughout without changing the results.

PROPOSITION 7.1. Let f:N^k into N be integral piecewise linear. There  
is an f construction of length k starting with all sufficiently large  
powers of 2 (the powers of some p in N, the powers of any sufficiently  
large p in N). Furthermore, we can arrange that the k sets are each  
the image of some integral piecewise linear function of the starting  
set.

Note that the forms of Proposition 6.1 with the "furthermore" are all
explicitly arithmetical. They can be easily seen to be in Pi02 form
using the decision procedures for exponential Presburger arithmetic.

The statement before "furthermore" can also be seen to be
arithmetical, using a finitely branching tree argument.

THEOREM 7.2. Proposition 7.1 (all forms) are provable in SMAH+ but not
in any consequence of SMAH consistent with RCA_0. Proposition 7.1 (all
forms) implies Con(SMAH) over RCA_0, and follows from 1-Con(SMAH) over
RCA_0.

8. FINITARY PL DECOMPOSITION THEOREMS.

PROPOSITION 8.1. Let f:N^k into N be integral piecewise linear, and r  
 >= 1. There is an f construction of length k, where A_0 contained in  
2N is an r element (8k)!! tame subset of A_k.

Obviously, Proposition 8.1 is explicitly Pi02. However, using the well
known decision procedure for linear integer arithmetic, it is
immediate that Proposition 8.1 is Pi01.

We can add a bound to make this explicitly Pi01 as follows.

PROPOSITION 8.2. Let f:N^k into N be integral piecewise linear with  
coefficients of magnitude at most p, and r >= 1. There is an f  
construction of length k, where A_0 contained in {0,2,4,...,(8kpr)!!!}  
is an r element (8k)!! tame subset of A_k.

THEOREM 8.3. Propositions 8.1, 8.2 are provable in SMAH+ but not in
any consequence of SMAH consistent with EFA. Propositions 8.1, 8.2 are
provably equivalent to Con(SMAH) over ACA'.

9. REMARK.

For more detailed study, it is appropriate to add a parameter m for
the length of the Accelerated E Decomposition Constructions throughout.

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