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Thibaut Kouptchinsky

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The Reverse Mathematics of Analytic Measurability

A classical theorem of Lusin states that all analytic sets are Lebesgue-measurable. In this article we established the reverse mathematical strength of Lusin's theorem, which depends on how precisely it is formalized. By doing so, we answer to a question of Simpson. Our main proof is motivated towards proving a specific version of that result, namely that analytic sets are Lesbesgue-regular, which requires the equality of the outer and inner measures of the set in question. We prove this statement to be equivalent to $Σ^{1}_{1}$-$\mathrm{IND}$ over $\mathrm{ATR}_{0}$. The full statement of the theorem, that is the one implying the existence of the measure as a real number, is equivalent to $Π^{1}_{1}$-$\mathrm{CA}_{0}$, again provably over $\mathrm{ATR}_{0}$. In our main proof, we draw inspiration from Solovay's construction of a model of Zermelo-Fraenkel set theory where every set is Lebesgue measurable. In our case the argument requires the use of class forcing over a family of standard and non-standard models of a very weak set theory obtained through the method of pseudohierarchies.

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The Limits of Determinacy in Higher-Order Arithmetic

We prove level-by-level upper and lower bounds on the strength of determinacy for finite differences of sets in the hyperarithmetical hierarchy in terms of subsystems of finite-and transfinite-order arithmetic, extending the Montalbán-Shore theorem to each of the levels of the Borel hierarchy beyond the one they treated. We also prove equivalences between reflection principles for higher-order arithmetic and quantified determinacy axioms, answering two questions of Pacheco and Yokoyama.

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