Limit Computability and Constructive Measure

by Denis R. Hirschfeldt and Sebastiaan A. Terwijn



Status: published in Chong, Feng, Slaman, Woodin, and Yang (eds.), Computational Prospects of Infinity, Part II: Presented Talks, Lecture Notes Series, Institute for Mathematical Sciences, National University of Singapore, Vol. 15, World Scientific 2008, 131 - 141.

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Abstract. In this paper we study constructive measure and dimension in the class Δ02 of limit computable sets. We prove that the lower cone of any Turing-incomplete set in Δ02 has Δ02-dimension 0, and in contrast, that although the upper cone of a noncomputable set in Δ02 always has Δ02-measure 0, upper cones in Δ02 have nonzero Δ02-dimension. In particular the Δ02-dimension of the Turing degree of 0' (the Halting Problem) is 1. Finally, it is proved that the low sets do not have Δ02-measure 0, which means that the low sets do not form a small subset of Δ02. This result has consequences for the existence of bi-immune sets.



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