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Reverse mathematics, computability, and partitions of trees

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  12 March 2014

Jennifer Chubb ,
Jeffry L. Hirst  and
Timothy H. McNicholl
Jennifer Chubb
Affiliation:
The George Washington University, Department of Mathematics, 2115 G Street NW, Washington, Dc 20052, USA, E-mail: jchubb@gwu.edu, URL: http://home.gwu.edu/~jchubb
Jeffry L. Hirst
Affiliation:
Appalachian State University, Department of Mathematical Sciences, Boone, Nc 28608, USA, E-mail: jlh@math.appstate.edu, URL: www.mathsci.appstate.edu/~jlh
Timothy H. McNicholl
Affiliation:
Lamar University, Department of Mathematics, 200 Lucas Building, Beaumont, Tx 77710, USA, E-mail: mcnichollth@my.lamar.eduURL: www.math.lamar.edu/faculty/mcnicholl/mcnicholl.asp
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Abstract

We examine the reverse mathematics and computability theory of a form of Ramsey's theorem in which the linear n-tuples of a binary tree are colored.

Keywords

Ramseytreearithmeticalcomprehensionbounds
Type
Research Article
Information
The Journal of Symbolic Logic , Volume 74 , Issue 1 , March 2009 , pp. 201 - 215
Copyright
Copyright © Association for Symbolic Logic 2009

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