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ON SUPERSETS OF NON-LOW$_2$ SETS

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  13 September 2021

KLAUS AMBOS-SPIES
Affiliation:
INSTITUT FÜR INFORMATIK UNIVERSITÄT HEIDELBERG IM NEUENHEIMER FELD 205 HEIDELBERGD-69120,GERMANYE-mail:ambos@math.uni-heidelberg.deE-mail:martin.monath@posteo.de
ROD G. DOWNEY
Affiliation:
SCHOOL OF MATHEMATICS AND STATISTICS VICTORIA UNIVERSITYWELLINGTON, P.O. BOX 600, NEW ZEALANDE-mail:rod.downey@vuw.ac.nz
MARTIN MONATH
Affiliation:
INSTITUT FÜR INFORMATIK UNIVERSITÄT HEIDELBERG IM NEUENHEIMER FELD 205 HEIDELBERGD-69120,GERMANYE-mail:ambos@math.uni-heidelberg.deE-mail:martin.monath@posteo.de

Abstract

We solve a longstanding question of Soare by showing that if ${\mathbf d}$ is a non-low $_2$ computably enumerable degree then ${\mathbf d}$ contains a c.e. set with no r-maximal c.e. superset.

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© The Author(s), 2021. Published by Cambridge University Press on behalf of Association for Symbolic Logic

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