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Undecidability in Weihrauch Degrees

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We prove that the 1-quasiorder and the 2-quasiorder of finite k-labeled forests and trees have hereditarily undecidable first-order theories for k ≥ 3. Together with an earlier result of P. Hertling, this implies some undecidability results for Weihrauch degrees.

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Kudinov, O.V., Selivanov, V.L., Zhukov, A.V. (2010). Undecidability in Weihrauch Degrees. In: Ferreira, F., Löwe, B., Mayordomo, E., Mendes Gomes, L. (eds) Programs, Proofs, Processes. CiE 2010. Lecture Notes in Computer Science, vol 6158. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-13962-8_29

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