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Limit-level separation for Σλ vs. Σλ+1 generically c.e. copies

Determine whether there exists, for a limit ordinal λ < ω1, a countable linear ordering that has a Σλ-generically computably enumerable (c.e.) copy but does not have a Σλ+1-generically c.e. copy.

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Background

In Section 3.7, the authors construct linear orderings Z(A) that, for a given limit ordinal λ, have Σα-generically computable copies for all α < λ but provably do not have Σλ-generically computable copies (nor Σλ-coarsely c.e. copies) for appropriate choices of A. This leaves open whether a strict separation between Σλ and Σλ+1 can be witnessed at the limit level.

Establishing such a separation would clarify the precise behavior of generically c.e. copies at limit stages and the successor of limit stages in the computable Σ-hierarchy, complementing the earlier completeness and separation results proved for successor levels throughout the paper.

References

This only leaves the following case which we leave open. Question 3.31. For limit ordinals λ, is there a linear order that has a Σλ-generically computable copy, but no Σλ+1-generically computable copy?

Generically Computable Linear Orderings (2401.14598 - Calvert et al., 26 Jan 2024) in Question 3.31, Section 3.7