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\title{\Huge { INJECTIVE IMAGES OF COANALYTIC SETS 
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\n{\Huge {\bf $\S$1. DEFINITIONS}} 

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\n{\bf 1.1 Definition} A separable space $X$ is said to be {\it Polish} if it allows a 
complete metric.  A subset $B$ of a Polish space is {\it Borel} if it appears in 
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\n {\bf 1.2 Examples} 

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(i) $\R$ in the usual topology is Polish. 

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(ii) $\N^\N$, the space of functions with the topology of pointwise 
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Let $B=\{f: \exists N\forall n>N(f(n+1)\geq f(n))\}$ be the set of 
all eventually increasing functions. $B$ is Borel (in fact, $F_{\sigma}=\Ubf{\Sigma}^0_2$) 
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%(iii) Let ${\cal L}$ be a countable language and $A$ a countable set. Let Mod$({\cal L}, A)$ be 
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(iii) $\Q$ in the usual topology is not Polish, since any countable Polish space 
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\n{\bf 1.3 Definition} A subset of $A$ of a Polish space $X$ is {\it analytic}, or 
$\Ubf{\Sigma}^1_1$, if there is a Polish $Y$, Borel $B\subset Y$, continuous 
\[f:B\rightarrow X\] 
with $A=f[B]$ the image of $B$ under $f$. 

A subset $C\subset X$ is {\it coanalytic}, or $\Ubf{\Pi}^1_1$, if its complement 
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Obviously the Borel sets are included in the analytic and the coanalytic. 

 

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\n{\bf 1.4 Examples} 

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(i) Let LO be the collection of all linear orderings on $\N$ with 
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\[\{\prec\in {\rm LO}: k\prec l\}.\] 
This is Polish, and the set of linear orderings with an infinite descending chain 
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(ii) Let $C([0,1])$ be the continuous functions from the unit interval. 
This is a Polish space (under the topology generated by the sup norm) and the set 
of functions differentiable in the interior $(0, 1)$ is coanalytic and not Borel. 


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\n{\Huge {\bf $\S$2. CLASSICAL RESULTS}} 

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\n{\bf 2.1 Definition} {\it Baire space} is the space $\N^\N$ of all functions from 
the natural numbers to the natural numbers with the topology of point wise  convergence. 
That is to say, the basic open sets have the form 
\[\{f\in\N^\N: \forall n<K (f(n) =g(n) )\}\] 
where $K\in\N$ and $g:\N\rightarrow \N$. 




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\n{\bf 2.2 Theorem} (Luzin; 
Lusin-Souslin\footnote{\large Texts differ in their choice of 
attribution:  
see for instance Kechris' {\bf Classical Descriptive Set Theory}, 
Springer-Verlag Graduate Texts in Mathematics 156, New-York, 1995.}) 
A subset of a Polish space is Borel if and only if it 
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\n {\bf Some remarks about the ``only if"} 

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The proof can be thought of as a variation of the fact that any first order 
theory $T$ admits a ``Skolemization" by a universally axiomatizable theory -- 
that is to say there is a theory $T'\supset T$ all of whose axioms contain a 
single universal quantifier, and such that the reducts of $T'$ models to 
${\cal L}(T)$ are exactly the models of $T$. 

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In general there will be many models of $T'$ which expand a given model of 
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But in the present situation there is a canonical well order of 
$\N$, which can be thought of as the domain of our ``models" 
in the Borel set. If we only look at models of $T'$ where the Skolem 
functions always choose the least natural number possible as a witness, 
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For concreteness suppose our Borel set is 
\[B=\bigcup_{n\in\N^+} C_n,\] 
where each $C_n$ is closed. Assume for notational 
convenience\footnote{\large In the 
general case we need to consider each $U_s$ being an the 
intersection of an open set and a closed set.} that the space 
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\[d(U_s)\leq (lh(s))^{-1},\] 
\[U_s=\bigcup_{i\in\N}U_{s\frown i},\] 
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Since 
$\N^\N\times \N\times \N^\N$ is homeomorphic to $\N^\N$, 
we can  think of $C_B$ as a closed subset of Baire space. 
The structure of the definition implies that for each $x\in B$ there will 
be a unique $(f_x, k_x, g_x)\in C_B$ with 
\[x=\bigcap_{n\in \N} U_{f_x|n}.\] 

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\n{\bf 2.3 Theorem} (Lusin-Souslin) Every analytic set is the continuous image of a 
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\n{\bf 2.4 Theorem} (Classical) Let $D$ be a countable discrete space. 

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Every uncountable Borel set is the continuous injective image of the 
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\n{\bf Idea of the proof for $\N^\N\dot{\bigcup} D$} 

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In light of Luzin's theorem, 
wish to show that every uncountable closed subset of $\N^\N$ is the  continuous one to one 
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Let $C\subset \N^\N$ be closed and uncountable. We can let ${\cal O}_1\subset \N^\N$ 
be a maximal open set such that $C\cap {\cal O}_1$ is countable. (Uses $\N^\N$ separable.) 

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$C\setminus {\cal O}_1$ is without isolated 
points and it suffices to show that modulo some countable 
set it is the continuous injective image of Baire space. 

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{\bf FACT:} If $Y$ is Polish and $Y_0\subset Y$ is countable, then 
$Y\setminus Y_0$ is again Polish. For instance, Baire space is homeomorphic 
to $\{f\in 2^\N:\exists^\infty n(f(n)\neq 0)\}$. 

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Thus after subtracting off a further countable set $C_0$ we may 
assume that $C\setminus({\cal O}_1\cup C_0)$ is nowhere compact. 
Hence we have that $C\setminus({\cal O}_1\cup C_0)$ is Polish, 
zero-dimensional, no where compact, and hence homeomorphic to 
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\n{\Huge {\bf $\S$3. SIERPINSKI'S QUESTION}} 

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\n{\bf 3.1 Question} (Sierpinski; 1936) Is there a subset of Baire space having 
every uncountable analytic set as its continuous injective image? 

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\n {\bf 3.2 Theorem} (Slaman; 1997) Yes. 




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\n {\bf 3.3 Theorem} (Slaman) BUT there is no analytic set having every uncountable 
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Ted Slaman's proof made serious use of the axiom of choice in 
constructing the ``injectively universal set". 

This prompted the further question of whether one could obtain a 
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\n{\Huge {\bf $\S$4. A NEW QUESTION}} 

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\n{\bf 4.1 Definition} We inductively define the projective hierarchy, 
commencing with the $\Ubf{\Sigma}^1_1$ sets defined above. 

We say that a set is $\Ubf{\Pi}^1_n$ if it is the complement of a 
$\Ubf{\Sigma}^1_1$ set and that a set is $\Ubf{\Sigma}^1_{n+1}$ if it 
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Note that \[\Ubf{\Pi}^1_n, \Ubf{\Sigma}^1_n\subset \Ubf{\Sigma}^1_{n+1}
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Thus one can reasonably ask whether Slaman's theorem can be proved using say a 
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\n {\bf 4.2 Theorem} There is $\Ubf{\Pi}^1_1$ (that is to say coanalytic) set having 
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\n {\bf Idea} Let $U\subset \N\times \N^\N$ be universal (light faced) $\Sigma^1_1$, 
so that the $\Sigma^1_1$ subsets of $\N^\N$ are exactly those of the form 
\[\{x\in \N^\N: (n, x)\in U\}.\] 
For $x\in \N^\N$ let ${\cal O}^x=\{n:(n, x)\in U\}$. 
Finally let ${\cal H}=\{{\cal O}^x: x\in \N^\N\}$. 

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Then for $D$ a countably infinite 
discrete set, ${\cal H}\dot{\bigcup} D$ succeeds.\footnote{\large In fact we 
do not need the countable set $D$, since the set of hyperjumps of 
recursive reals is an infinite, discrete, clopen subset of ${\cal H}$.}  

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$A\subset \N^\N$ analytic there is relatively closed $C_A\subset {\cal H}$ having 
$A$ as its one to one continuous image. 

Namely: If \[A=\{x: (n, \langle x, z_0\rangle) \in U\},\] then we can 
take \[C_A=\{{\cal O}^{\langle x, z_0\rangle}: x\in \N^\N, n\in 
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\n{\Huge {\bf $\S$5. GENERALIZATIONS}} 

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Under appropriate large cardinal or determinacy assumptions we can hope to extend 
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\n {\bf 5.1 Theorem} Assume every uncountable $\Ubf{\Pi}^1_1$ set contains a 
perfect subset.\footnote{\large A {\it 
perfect} set is an closed, non-empty set with no isolated points. 
Every perfect set contains a homeomorphic copy of Cantor space.} 
 (Equivalently: $\aleph_1$ is   inaccessible in $L[z]$ for every 
$z\subset \N$.) 

Then every uncountable $\Ubf{\Sigma}^1_2$ set is the continuous injective image of 
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Plainly this is not provable in ZFC alone -- 
since ${\cal H}$ contains a perfect 
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Even in the more modest sense that there just be {\it some} 
``injectively universal $\Ubf{\Pi}^1_1$ set", no 
proof exists in ZFC, as there are generic extensions of 
$L$ where there are $\Ubf{\Pi}^1_1$ sets having cardinalities $\aleph_1$ and 
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In fact the assumptions of the theorem fit the conclusion. One can show that 
if there is a $\Ubf{\Pi}^1_1$ set having every uncountable $\Ubf{\Pi}^1_1$ set as its 
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\n {\bf 5.2 Theorem} Assume $\Ubf{\Sigma}^1_1$-determinacy. (Equivalently: 
Every subset of $\N$ has a sharp.) 

Then whenever $B$ is an uncountable $\Ubf{\Sigma}^1_2$ set and $C$ is a zero-dimensional 
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The main point is to play a Wadge type game to show that $C$ has a relatively 
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Putting together these results with the classical theorems (Luzin etc) and the not 
so classical theorems  (Moschovakis etc) one can give a complete picture under 
projective determinacy. 

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Class of uncountable \hfill Least projective 


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Borel (=$\Ubf{\Delta}^1_1$) \hfill closed (=$\Ubf{\Pi}^0_1$) 

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$\Ubf{\Sigma}^1_1$, $\Ubf{\Pi}^1_1$, 
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$\Ubf{\Sigma}^1_{2n+1}$, $\Ubf{\Pi}^1_{2n+1}$, 
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\n {\bf 6.1 Question} 
Suppose that  for any uncountable 
$\Ubf{\Sigma}^1_2$ set $B$ and zero-dimensional 
$\Ubf{\Pi}^1_1$ non-Borel set $C$ we have that 
$B$ is the continuous image of $C\dot{\bigcup} D$. 

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\n {\bf 6.2 Theorem} (Harrington\footnote{\large {\it Analytic determinacy and $0^{\sharp}$,} 
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Logic,}  vol. 43(1978), pp. 685-693} ) 
Suppose that every $\Ubf{\Sigma}^1_1$ set $A\subset \N^\N$ is 
either Borel or complete in the sense of Wadge degrees -- that is to say, 
for any other analytic $B\subset \N^\N$ we have 
some continuous $f:\N^\N\rightarrow \N^\N$ with 
\[f^{-1}[A]=B.\] 

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\n{\bf 6.4 ``Question"} For $A, B$ countable metric spaces, set $A\prec B$ if there 
is a continuous bijection 
\[\pi: B\rightarrow A.\] 

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