On the strength of weak compactness
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Abstract: We study the logical and computational strength of weak compactness in the separable Hilbert space ell_2. Let weak-BW be the statement the every bounded sequence in ell_2 has a weak cluster point. It is known that weak-BW is equivalent to ACA_0 over RCA_0 and thus that it is equivalent to (nested uses of) the usual Bolzano-Weierstra{ss} principle BW. We show that weak-BW is instance-wise equivalent to the Pi^0_2-CA. This means that for each Pi^0_2 sentence A(n) there is a sequence (x_i) in ell_2, such that one can define the comprehension functions for A(n) recursively in a cluster point of (x_i). As consequence we obtain that the Turing degrees d > 0" are exactly those degrees that contain a weak cluster point of any computable, bounded sequence in ell_2. Since a cluster point of any sequence in the unit interval [0,1] can be computed in a degree low over 0', this show also that instances of weak-BW are strictly stronger than instances of BW. We also comment on the strength of weak-BW in the context of abstract Hilbert spaces in the sense of Kohlenbach and show that his construction of a solution for the functional interpretation of weak compactness is optimal.
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