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Descriptive Set Theory is the study of definable subsets of Polish spaces, where definable is taken to mean from the Borel or projective hierarchies. Other topics include infinite games and determinacy, definable equivalence relations and Borel reductions between them, Polish groups, and effective descriptive set theory.

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Measurability of $\{ x \in X ; H_0 x \subset A \}$

No, it is not true. It suffices to show that the complement is not necessarily Borel. Let $B=X\setminus A$, which is a general Borel set. We have $$ \{x:H_0x\not\subseteq A\} = \{x:H_0x\cap B\ne\varn …
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Natural examples of $\bf\Sigma^0_3$ equivalence relations

Turing equivalence of real numbers.
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Homeomorphisms and "mod finite"

Suppose $f:C\to C$ is a homeomorphism, where $C=\{0,1\}^{\mathbb N}$ is Cantor space. Suppose $f$ preserves $=^*$ (equality on all but finitely many coordinates). Does it follow that $f$ also reflects …
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Generic sections of non-null sets are non-null

No, let $(r,y)\in B $ iff $r (0)=0$. Then if $r $ is a random real with $r (0)=1$ you have a counterexample.
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Finding 1-generic paths through a tree $T \subseteq 2^{<\omega}$

What conditions can we impose on $T$ that guarantee $[T]$ contains a 1-generic member? An element that is 1-generic relative to $T$ will not be on $[T]$ unless $[T]$ contains a whole clopen cone $[\ …
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Examples of statements with a high quantifier complexity

In computability theory, a set of integers $A$ is infinitely often computably traceable if there is a computable function $h$ such that for all functions $g\le_T A$ ($g$ computable from $A$), there is …
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Examples of statements with a high quantifier complexity

The Interchange lemma in the theory of formal languages has a $\Pi_5$ form: $\forall L$, if $L$ is a context-free language, then $\exists c$, $c$ is a positive integer, such that $\forall n\ge 2$, $R …
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Variously pointed closed sets

Let $\mu$ be a measure on $2^\omega$ which doesn't have a least Turing degree. This exists by Theorem 4.2 of Day, Adam R.; Miller, Joseph S., Randomness for non-computable measures, Trans. Am. Ma …
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Can (how) one distinguish germs of continuous functions by a countable set of params?

The way I view it, germs of continuous functions are like tails of infinite binary sequences, or real numbers up to rational translation. Finding "coordinates" on the space of germs would be like …
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Automorphisms of power set lattice mod finite

Let $N$ be a countably infinite set and let $\mathcal P$ denote power set. I get that the automorphisms of $(\mathcal P(N),\subseteq)$ are all induced by permutations of $N$. But what can be said abo …
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Source on smooth equivalence relations under continuous reducibility?

Seems like this structure must be pretty complicated. For example, consider Brownian motion $\{W_t\}_{t\ge 0}$ with the equivalence relations $$t\sim_\omega s\iff W_t(\omega)=W_s(\omega).$$ Here $\ome …
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Can we define an "empirically generic" real number?

It sounds like you are talking about what in computability theory and set theory are known as Cohen generic reals (the lowest level of which in computability theory is 1-generic, then 2-generic and so …
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