Effective descriptive complexity of some compact sets

Investigating the descriptive complexity of sets has been a topic of theoretical computer science, particularly general recursion theory. In this paper, we investigate the effective descriptive complexity of certain sets of real numbers, namely, compact sets corresponding to a countable collection of closed intervals under the standard euclidian topology. We derive the result that the descriptive complexity of defining such sets is Π_1^1, which corresponds to the descriptive complexity of well-orderings. To prove such a result, we define several functions and relations that could be effectively computed by some abstract computing machine with access to pre-loaded infinite inputs.

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SciEnggJ
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2025-08-14
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https://doi.org/10.54645/2025182oaz-78
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Computability, Logic, AI Algorithms
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Effective descriptive complexity of some compact sets

Alfonso B. Labao
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Computability, Logic, AI Algorithms
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Effective descriptive complexity of some compact sets

Alfonso B. Labao
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Abstract

Investigating the descriptive complexity of sets has been a topic of theoretical computer science, particularly general recursion theory. In this paper, we investigate the effective descriptive complexity of certain sets of real numbers, namely, compact sets corresponding to a countable collection of closed intervals under the standard euclidian topology. We derive the result that the descriptive complexity of defining such sets is Π_1^1, which corresponds to the descriptive complexity of well-orderings. To prove such a result, we define several functions and relations that could be effectively computed by some abstract computing machine with access to pre-loaded infinite inputs.

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