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THE WEIHRAUCH LATTICE AT THE LEVEL OF $\boldsymbol {\Pi }^1_1{-}\mathsf{CA}_0$: THE CANTOR–BENDIXSON THEOREM

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  27 January 2025

VITTORIO CIPRIANI*
Affiliation:
DIPARTIMENTO DI SCIENZE MATEMATICHE INFORMATICHE E FISICHE UNIVERSITÀ DI UDINE ITALY Current address: INSTITUTE OF DISCRETE MATHEMATICS AND GEOMETRY TECHNISCHE UNIVERSITÄT WIEN AUSTRIA E-mail: vittorio.cipriani17@gmail.com
ALBERTO MARCONE
Affiliation:
DIPARTIMENTO DI SCIENZE MATEMATICHE INFORMATICHE E FISICHE UNIVERSITÀ DI UDINE ITALY E-mail: alberto.marcone@uniud.it
MANLIO VALENTI
Affiliation:
DIPARTIMENTO DI SCIENZE MATEMATICHE INFORMATICHE E FISICHE UNIVERSITÀ DI UDINE ITALY and DEPARTMENT OF MATHEMATICS UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN - MADISON MADISON USA Current address: DEPARTMENT OF COMPUTER SCIENCE SWANSEA UNIVERSITY UK E-mail: manliovalenti@gmail.com
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Abstract

This paper continues the program connecting reverse mathematics and computable analysis via the framework of Weihrauch reducibility. In particular, we consider problems related to perfect subsets of Polish spaces, studying the perfect set theorem, the Cantor–Bendixson theorem, and various problems arising from them. In the framework of reverse mathematics, these theorems are equivalent, respectively, to $\mathsf {ATR}_0$ and $\boldsymbol {\Pi }^1_1{-}\mathsf{CA}_0$, the two strongest subsystems of second order arithmetic among the so-called big five. As far as we know, this is the first systematic study of problems at the level of $\boldsymbol {\Pi }^1_1{-}\mathsf{CA}_0$ in the Weihrauch lattice. We show that the strength of some of the problems we study depends on the topological properties of the Polish space under consideration, while others have the same strength once the space is rich enough.

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© The Author(s), 2025. Published by Cambridge University Press on behalf of The Association for Symbolic Logic
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Figure 1 Some multi-valued functions studied in this paper. The arrows represent Weihrauch reducibility in the direction of the arrow. The question marks indicate that the existence of a reduction is still open. If a function cannot be reached from another one following a path of arrows, we know that there is no reduction between the two functions.

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Figure 2 Multi-valued functions related to listing problems in the Weihrauch lattice. The arrows have the same meaning of Figure 1.