[FOM] 645: Fixed Point Minimizers #1

Harvey Friedman hmflogic at gmail.com
Sun Nov 22 19:46:03 EST 2015


THIS POSTING IS SELF CONTAINED

In http://www.cs.nyu.edu/pipermail/fom/2015-November/019350.html we
presented a reasonably unified

implicitly Pi01 corresponding to SRP
implicitly Pi01 corresponding to HUGE
explicitly Pi01 corresponding to SRP
explicitly Pi01 corresponding to HUGE

It was NOT done correctly and should be discarded. The fixes are not
as good as what we present HERE using a variant of our previous Fixed
Point Minimization.

So at this point here are the principal operational announcements for
Concrete Mathematical Incompleteness, starting with BRT:

1. Boolean Relation Theory. Implicitly Pi02 corresponding to SMAH. See
https://u.osu.edu/friedman.8/foundational-adventures/boolean-relation-theory-book/
This has been stable for some years.

2. Order invariant relations and maximal roots. Implicitly Pi01
corresponding to SRP. This has been stable for quite some time. See
https://u.osu.edu/friedman.8/foundational-adventures/downloadable-manuscripts/
#87

We prefer the following lead statement variant (stable for some time):

Every order invariant relation on Q^k has a nonnegatively maximal
root, where S[0...n-1]>n = S[1...n]>n.

3. Constrained subsets of N.
http://www.cs.nyu.edu/pipermail/fom/2015-November/019335.html
Implicitly and explicitly Pi01 corresponding to SRP. Implicitly and
explicitly Pi01 corresponding to SMAH. This uses (N,<,+) and multiple
passes.

4. Fixed Point Minimizers. Present posting. Implicitly/explicitly Pi01
corresponding to SRP/HUGE. All four combinations.

FIXED POINT MINIMIZERS #1

1. Fixed Point Minimizers - SRP
2. Fixed Point Minimizers - HUGE
3. Finitary Fixed Point Minimizers - SRP
4. Finitary Fixed Point Minimizers - HUGE
5. Lex Minimizers.
6. Templates.

1. FIXED POINT MINIMIZERS - SRP

DEFINITION 1.1. Q is the set of all rationals. We use n,m,r,s,t for positive
integers and p,q for rationals, unless indicated otherwise. x in Q^k
is positive if and only if all coordinates of x are > 0. For x,y in
Q^k, x <' y if and only if max(x) < max(y). For S
containedin Q^k,, S|<=p = S intersect (-infinity,p]^k. R is a relation
on Q^k if and only if R containedin Q^2k. x is related to y if and
only if x R y. Functions are treated as
relations.

DEFINITION 1.2. Let R be a relation on Q^k. A fixed point minimizer
for R is a function f:D^k into D^k, D containedin Q, where for all x R
x, f(x) is a fixed point of f related to x by R that is <' minimal
among the fixed points of f related to x by R.

DEFINITION 1.3. Let S containedin Q^k. An upper shift of S is a
subset of Q^k obtained by first fixing a coordinate p of an element of
S, and then adding 1 to all coordinates of elements of S that are >= p.

DEFINITION 1.4. x,y in Q^k are order equivalent if
and only if for all 1 <= i,j <= k, x_i < x_j iff y_i < y_j. E
containedin Q^k is order invariant if and only if for all order
equivalent x,y in Q^k, x in E iff y in E. R is an order invariant
relation on Q^k if and only if R containedin Q^2k is order invariant,

PROPOSITION 1.1. Every order invariant relation on Q^k has a fixed
point minimizer containing some upper shift.

THEOREM 1.2. Proposition 1.1 is provably equivalent to Con(SRP) over
WKL_0. There is a tiny k such that Proposition 1.1 for k is provably
equivalent to Con(SRP) over WKL_0.

SRP = ZFC + {there exists a cardinal with the k-SRP}_k.

The SRP hierarchy is intertwined with the subtle and the ineffable
cardinal hierarchies.

2. FIXED POINT MINIMIZERS - HUGE

DEFINITION 2.1. Let f:D^k into D^k, D containedin Q, and V containedin
Q^r. V is equational (in f) if and only if V is the set of solutions
to an equation in f and r variables, with constants from D. V is
initially equational (in f) if and only if each V|<=p, p in D, is
equational (in S).

PROPOSITION 2.1. Every not reflexive order invariant relation on Q^k has a fixed
point minimizer containing some initially equational upper shift.

DEFINITION 2.2. Let R be a relation on Q^k. A positive fixed point minimizer
for R is a function f:D^k into D^k, D containedin Q, where for
positive x R x, f(x) is a fixed point of f related to x by R that is
<' minimal among the fixed points of f related to x by R. A positive
upper shift of S containedin Q^k is a subset of Q^k obtained by first
fixing a coordinate p > 0 of an element of S, and then adding 1 to all
coordinates of elements of S that are >= p.

PROPOSITION 2.2. Every order invariant relation on Q^k has a positive fixed
point minimizer containing some initially equational (positive) upper shift.

THEOREM 2.3. Propositions 2.1 and (both forms of) Proposition 2.2 are
provably equivalent to Con(HUGE) over WKL_0. There is a tiny k such
that Propositions 2.1 and 2.2 for k are provably equivalent to
Con(HUGE) over WKL_0.

HUGE = ZFC + {there exists a nontrivial elementary embedding
j:V(lambda) into V(mu) such that j^(k)(kappa) exists}_k.

3. FINITARY FIXED POINT MINIMIZERS  - SRP

DEFINITION 3.1.Let R be a relation on Q^k. A finitary fixed point minimizer
for R is a function f:S into S, S a finite subset of Q^k, where for x
R x, f(x) is a fixed point of f related to x by R that is <' minimal
among the fixed points of f related to x by R.

DEFINITION 3.2. For finite S containedin Q^k, ush(S) results from
S|<=k by adding 1 to all nonnegative coordinates of its elements.

We view ush(S) as a preferred kind of upper shift for finite S.

DEFINITION 3.3. f is k-full if and only if
i. f:S into S, for some finite S containedin Q^k.
ii. GEN(f,k) containedin S, where GEN(f,0) = {0,...,k}^k, and
GEN(f,i+1) is the least A^k containing GEN(f,i) union f[GEN(f,i)], 0
<= i <= k-1.

Thus we are treating 0,...,k as generators.

PROPOSITION 3.1. Every order invariant relation on Q^k has a k-full
finitary fixed point minimizer f containing ush(f).

Proposition 3.1 is obviously explicitly explicitly Pi02. Moreover, we
can put an obvious upper bound on the cardinality of f. This puts
Proposition 3.1 in explicitly Pi01 form using either the well known
decision procedure for (Q,<) or by directly upper bounding the
magnitudes of the numerators and denominators in the coordinates of
elements of S.

THEOREM 3.2. Proposition 3.1 is provably equivalent to Con(SRP) over EFA.

EFA = exponential function arithmetic.

4. FINITARY FIXED POINT MINIMIZERS - HUGE

DEFINITION 4.1.Let R be a relation on Q^k. A positive finitary fixed
point minimizer
for R is a function f:S into S, S a finite subset of Q^k, where for
positive x R x, f(x) is a fixed point of f related to x that is <'
minimal among the fixed points of f related to x.

DEFINITION 4.2. f is k*-full if and only if
i. f:S into S, for some finite S containedin Q^k.
ii. GEN(f,k) containedin S, where GEN(f,0) = {0,...,2k,k-+5}^k, and
GEN(f,i+1) is the least A^k containing GEN(f,i) union f[GEN(f,i)], 0
<= i <= 2k-1.

Thus we are treating 0,...,2k,k-+5 as generators.

PROPOSITION 4.1. Every order invariant relation on Q^k has a k*-full
finitary positive fixed point minimizer f containing ush(f), where
every defined f(k+.5,p,0,...,0) is (min(p+1,k),0,...,0).

Obviously Proposition 4.1 is explicitly Pi02. However, we
can easily upper bound the cardinality of the f, obtaining an
explicitly Pi01 form using the well known decision procedure for
(Q,<), or by directly bounding the numerators and denominators
involved.

THEOREM 4.2. Proposition 4.1 is provably equivalent to Con(HUGE) over
EFA. Proposition 4.1 for some fixed k is provably equivalent to
Con(HUGE) over EFA.

5. LEX MINIMIZERS

We can replace <' with the strict lexicographic ordering throughout,
and obtain the same results.

6. TEMPLATES

We now consider quantifier free sentences in fixed point minimizers.

TEMPLATE 6.1. Let phi be a propositional combination of sentences
F_i(p_1,...,p_k) rel q, F_i(p_1,...,p_k) rel F_j(q_1,...,q_k), where
p_1,...,p_k,q,q_1,...,q_k are rationals, and rel is among
<,<=,>,>=,=,not=. Every order invariant relation on Q^k has a fixed
point minimizer obeying phi.

Here we follow the convention that the sentences cited are
automatically false if at least one side is undefined.

THEOREM 6.2. Every instance of Template 6.1 is provable in SRP or
refutable in RCA_0. This is false for any SRP[k].

Note that we are not allowing nesting of the functions in Template
6.1. If we do allow nesting, then we believe that Theorem 6.2 still
holds.

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