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Indivisibility and uniform computational strength

Authors :
Gill, Kenneth
Publication Year :
2023

Abstract

A countable structure is indivisible if for every coloring with finite range there is a monochromatic isomorphic subcopy of the structure. Each indivisible structure naturally corresponds to an indivisibility problem which outputs such a subcopy given a presentation and coloring. We investigate the Weihrauch complexity of the indivisibility problems for two structures: the rational numbers $\mathbb{Q}$ as a linear order, and the equivalence relation $\mathscr{E}$ with countably many equivalence classes each having countably many members. We separate the Weihrauch degrees of both corresponding indivisibility problems from several benchmarks, showing in particular that the indivisibility problem for $\mathbb{Q}$ cannot solve the problem of finding a monochromatic rational interval given a coloring for which there is one; and that the Weihrauch degree of the indivisibility problem for $\mathscr{E}$ is strictly between those of $\mathsf{RT}^2$ and $\mathsf{SRT}^2$, two widely studied variants of Ramsey's theorem for pairs whose reverse-mathematical separation was open until recently.<br />Comment: 22 pages, 4 figures. This work extends the results of Sections 1.2 and 1.3 of the author's Ph.D. thesis at Penn State University. Version 5: various corrections and improvements

Details

Database :
arXiv
Publication Type :
Report
Accession number :
edsarx.2312.03919
Document Type :
Working Paper