A uniform characterization of _1-reflection over the fragments of Peano arithmetic

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Abstract: We show that the theory ISigma1 of Sigma1-induction proves the following statement: For all ngeq2, the uniform Sigma1-reflection principle over the theory ISigman is equivalent to the totality of the function Fomegan at stage omegan of the fast-growing hierarchy. The method applied is a formalization of infinite proof theory. The literature contains several proofs which place the quantification over n in the meta-theory (and also prove the separate cases n=0,1). In contrast, the author knows of no explicit argument that would allow us to internalize the quantification while keeping the meta-theory as low as ISigma1. It is well possible that this has been considered before. Our aim is merely to provide a detailed exposition of this important result.












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