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On Easily Infinite Sets and On a Statement of R. Lipton

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For a complexity measure κ, a set is κ-infinite if it contains a κ-decidable infinite subset. For a time-based κ, we prove that there is a recursive S s.t. both S and its complements, S¯, are infinite but not κ-infinite. Lipton [6] states that the existence of a recursive set S s.t. neither S nor S¯ os polynomially infinite is not a purely logical consequence of 20 theorems of Peano's Arithmetic PA. His proof uses a construction of an algorithm within a non-standard model of of Arithmetic, in which the existence of infinite descending chains in such models is overlooked. We give a proof of a stronger statement to the effect that the existence of a recursive set S s.t. neither S nor S¯ is linearly infinite is not a tautological consequence of all true 20 assertions. We comment on other aspects of [6], and show §(§2) that a tautological consequence of true 20 assertions may not be equivalent (in PA, say) to a 20 sentence. The three sections of this paper use techniques of Recursion Theory, Proof Theory and Model Theory, respectively.

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1979-09

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Cornell University

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computer science; technical report

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