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Strict-Π11 predicates on countable and cofinality ω transitive sets1
Published online by Cambridge University Press: 12 March 2014
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Throughout the paper A will be a transitive set closed under finite subsets and the formulas in various classes mentioned are allowed to contain parameters from A (or from B in §2).
By use of a refinement of Moschovakis' notion of the game-quantifier [13], [14], [15] we are able to obtain a game-theoretic description of s-Π11 predicates over countable sets which then leads to a classification of positive Σ1 inductive sets.
Similar results are then proved for certain sets of cofinality ω. As a consequence we obtain the compactness results of Green [8], [11], Nyberg [16] and Makkai [12].
The use of games to classify inductive sets was initiated by Moschovakis [13], [14], [15] and has been extended to Q-inductive sets by Aczel [2]. Games were also used in a slightly different setting by Vaught [18] and Makkai [12]. In fact, Vaught's proof of the compactness theorem is very close to our proof in §1 and Makkai's extension to cofinality ω sets uses a result similar to Theorem 3 in §2.
We are indebted to the referee for many helpful suggestions, in particular, for bringing to our attention the related works of Vaught and Makkai cited above.
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Most of these results appear in the author's doctoral dissertation written under the supervision of R. O. Gandy to whom he would like to express his sincere thanks.
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