Sharp Computability Bounds for Nonforking Sections
Manuscript 28 September 2026 · Online 28 September 2026
Abstract
We study computability of sections of the restriction map \(S_1(N)\to S_1(M)\) for countable stable models \(M\preccurlyeq N\). Types are represented by characteristic functions on formulas with named parameters, and the two elementary diagrams are separately decidable. Classical stable definability gives a continuous section computable from the input type together with the fixed oracle \(0'\). This bound is sharp, already for the decidable, \(\omega\)-stable, \(\omega\)-categorical theory of infinitely many infinite equivalence classes. For a fixed decidable-range elementary inclusion in this theory, an oracle \(X\) computes a section exactly when it computes the set of classes of \(N\) that meet \(M\). Explicit inclusions realize every computably enumerable degree as this least auxiliary degree. Thus a computable section need not exist, although every individual type in the example is computable. In contrast, a decidable full diagram of the predicate expansion \((N,M)\) gives a computable section for every stable theory. The result addresses a Type-2 formulation of an AIM question whose printed statement leaves the effective presentation unspecified.
Record
- Affiliation
- Mercury Software GmbH
- Contact
- [email protected] · GitHub
- Result
- Complete counterexample (specified presentation)
- Categories
- math.LO
- Manuscript
- 28 September 2026
- Online release
- 28 September 2026
- Version
- 1.0
- License
- Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International
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Citation
Alper Ferudun, “Sharp Computability Bounds for Nonforking Sections,” EulerSolve Research Papers, AIM-LOGIC-0084, 2026. https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.23009494.
BibTeX
@misc{Ferudun2026NonforkingSections,
author = {Ferudun, Alper},
title = {Sharp Computability Bounds for Nonforking Sections},
year = {2026},
howpublished = {EulerSolve Research Papers},
url = {https://eulersolve.org/papers/aim-logic-0084/},
doi = {10.5281/zenodo.23009494},
note = {AIM-LOGIC-0084; unrefereed preprint}
}