Index sets of computable structures

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Abstract: The emph{index set} of a computable structure mathcalA is the set of indices for computable copies of mathcalA. We determine the complexity of the index sets of various mathematically interesting structures, including arbitrary finite structures, mathbbQ-vector spaces, Archimedean real closed ordered fields, reduced Abelian p-groups of length less than omega2, and models of the original Ehrenfeucht theory. The index sets for these structures all turn out to be m-complete Pin0, d-Sigman0, or Sigman0, for various n. In each case, the calculation involves finding an extquotedblleft optimal extquotedblright% sentence (i.e., one of simplest form) that describes the structure. The form of the sentence (computable Pin, d-Sigman, or Sigman) yields a bound on the complexity of the index set. When we show m% -completeness of the index set, we know that the sentence is optimal. For some structures, the first sentence that comes to mind is not optimal, and another sentence of simpler form is shown to serve the purpose. For some of the groups, this involves Ramsey theory.




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