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On the distribution of Lachlan nonsplitting bases

  • S. Barry Cooper*
  • , Angsheng Li
  • , Xiaoding Yi
  • *Corresponding author for this work
  • University of Leeds
  • CAS - Institute of Software
  • University of British Columbia

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Abstract

We say that a computably enumerable (c.e.) degree b is a Lachlan nonsplitting base (LNB), if there is a computably enumerable degree a such that a > b, and for any c.e. degrees w, v ≤ a, if a ≤ w ∨ v ∨ b then either a ≤ w ∨ b or a ≤ v ∨ b. In this paper we investigate the relationship between bounding and nonbounding of Lachlan nonsplitting bases and the high/low hierarchy. We prove that there is a non-Low2 c.e. degree which bounds no Lachlan nonsplitting base.

Original languageEnglish
Pages (from-to)455-482
Number of pages28
JournalArchive for Mathematical Logic
Volume41
Issue number5
DOIs
StatePublished - Jul 2002
Externally publishedYes

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