Definability in the enumeration degrees (Q1387092)

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    Definability in the enumeration degrees (English)
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    4 February 1999
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    The authors prove the following Coding Theorem for the enumeration degrees \(\mathcal G\): every countable relation on \(\mathcal G\) is uniformly definable from parameters in \(\mathcal G\). It follows that the first-order theory of \(\mathcal G\) is recursively isomorphic to the second-order theory of arithmetic. Further, the authors prove an ``effective version'' of the Coding Theorem, which implies undecidability of the first-order theory of the \(\Sigma_2^0\)-enumeration degrees. Also, the authors pose the following questions: Is the \(\exists\forall\)-theory of \(\mathcal G\) decidable? Is the first-order theory of \(\Sigma_2^0\)-enumeration degrees recursively isomorphic to the first-order theory of arithmetic?
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    enumeration degrees
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    reducibility
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    definability
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    undecidability
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    coding theorem
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    recursive isomorphism
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    second-order arithmetic
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