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Bounding and nonbounding minimal pairs in the enumeration degrees

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  12 March 2014

S. Barry Cooper
Affiliation:
Department of Pure Mathematics, School of Mathematics, University of Leeds, Leeds. LS2 9JT, UKE-mail:, s.b.cooper@leeds.ac.uk
Angsheng Li
Affiliation:
Institute of Software, Academia Sinica, Beijing, 100080., ChinaE-mail:, angsheng@gcl.iscas.ac.cn
Andrea Sorbi
Affiliation:
Dipartimento Di Scienze Matematiche, Ed Informatiche “Roberto Magari”, Siena. 53100, ItalyE-mail:, sorbi@unisi.it
Yue Yang
Affiliation:
Department of Mathematics, Faculty of Science, National University of Singapore, Lower Kent Ridge Road, 119260, SingaporeE-mail:, matyangy@math.nus.edu.sg

Abstract

We show that every nonzero Δ20, e-degree bounds a minimal pair. On the other hand, there exist Σ20, e-degrees which bound no minimal pair.

Type
Research Article
Copyright
Copyright © Association for Symbolic Logic 2005

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