Nash-Williams theorem for sequences of finite range in ATR0

Giovanni Soldà (Ghent U)

Aug 27. 2025, 10:00 — 11:00

We give a (to the best of our knolwdge) new proof of the celebrated result by Nash-Williams that if Q is wqo, then the sequences with finite range ordered by embeddability also form a wqo. We will then proceed to show that this proof can be formalized in ATR0: as we will see, an important ingredient for this is another concept from infinitary combinatorics, namely that of bqo (introduced by Nash-Williams).

Joint work with Fedor Pakhomov

Further Information
Venue:
ESI Schrödinger and Boltzmann Lecture Hall
Associated Event:
Reverse Mathematics (Thematic Programme)
Organizer(s):
Juan Aguilera (TU Vienna)
Linda Brown Westrick (Penn State U)
Noam Greenberg (Victoria U of Wellington)
Denis Hirschfeldt (U of Chicago)