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Priority arguments in the continuous r.e. degrees1

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  12 March 2014

Simon Thompson*
Affiliation:
Computing Laboratory, University of Kent at Canterbury, Canterbury, Kent, England

Abstract

We show that at each type κ ≥ 2, there exist c-irreducible functionals of c-r.e. degree, as defined in [Nor 1]. Our proofs are based on arguments due to Hinman, [Hin 1], and Dvornikov, [Dvo 1].

Type
Research Article
Copyright
Copyright © Association for Symbolic Logic 1985

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Footnotes

1

Research partially supported by a Science and Engineering Research Council Studentship.

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