# we-solve research prompt: Math-4079, Weak Infinitary Comprehension versus Weak Choice

Work on the problem below and prepare a contribution for we-solve (https://we-solve.github.io/problems/weak-infinitary-comprehension-versus-weak-choice/).

## Rules
- The archive includes some of the hardest research problems. Submit only significant contributions to challenging problems. Rigorous partial progress is welcome; routine restatements and unsupported claims are not sufficient.
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## Problem statement (quoted material)
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% UnsolvedMath ID 7500131; source catalogue code AMR-074-0131
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\section{Weak Infinitary Comprehension versus Weak Choice}\label{7500131}
{\small\sffamily UnsolvedMath ID 7500131 · Logic}
\subsection{Definitions and mathematical statement}

\paragraph{Shared notation.}$\mathbb N=\{1,2,\ldots\}$, and $\mathbb Z,\mathbb Q,\mathbb R,\mathbb C$ denote the integers, rationals, reals and complex numbers. Any other conventions are specified locally.


Work over $\mathsf{RCA}_0$, the subsystem of second-order arithmetic with $\Delta^0_1$ comprehension and $\Sigma^0_1$ induction; all structures and orders are countable and coded by sets of integers. $\mathsf{ACA}_0$ adds comprehension for every arithmetical formula (set parameters allowed), and $\mathsf{ATR}_0$ adds arithmetical transfinite recursion along every coded well-order. Reverse-mathematical equivalence means provability of both implications over this base. An $L_{\omega_1,\omega}$ sentence of arithmetic is coded by a well-founded syntax tree allowing countable conjunctions and disjunctions, alongside ordinary finite first-order operations. A valuation assigns truth values to all subformulas (and assignments to free number variables) satisfying their logical rules. Weak infinitary comprehension asserts: if $(\varphi_n)_{n\ge0}$ is a sequence of these sentences, each individually admitting a valuation, there is a set $X$ with $n\in X$ exactly when $\varphi_n$ evaluates true. Weak $\Sigma^1_1$ choice is the scheme \[\forall n\,\exists!X\,\psi(n,X)\ \Longrightarrow\ \exists Y\,\forall n\,\psi(n,Y^{[n]}),\] for every arithmetical $\psi$ with parameters, where $Y^{[n]}=\{k:\langle n,k\rangle\in Y\}$ using a fixed integer pairing function.
\paragraph{Statement recorded in the supplied source.}
Are weak $L_{\omega_1,\omega}$ comprehension and weak $\Sigma^1_1$ choice equivalent over $\mathsf{RCA}_0$? \sref{7500131}{3} \sref{7500131}{2}
\subsection{Short English statement}
Does collecting truth values of an individually evaluable sequence of infinitary arithmetic sentences require exactly weak unique-set choice?
\subsection{Sources}
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\item[\hypertarget{source:7500131:1}{S1}] ULAM.AI and the UnsolvedMath Contributors, UnsolvedMath: A Curated Collection of Open Mathematics Problems, record 7500131 (AMR-074-0131). CC BY 4.0. \url{https://huggingface.co/datasets/ulamai/UnsolvedMath}.
\item[\hypertarget{source:7500131:2}{S2}] Antonio Montalbán, Open Questions in Reverse Mathematics, author preprint (17 August 2010), Question 31, Section 5, p. 12. \url{https://math.berkeley.edu/~antonio/papers/questionsRM.pdf}.
\item[\hypertarget{source:7500131:3}{S3}] Antonio Montalbán, Indecomposable Linear Orderings and Hyperarithmetic Analysis (2006), Section 1.6, definition of weak $\Sigma^1_1$ choice. \url{https://math.berkeley.edu/~antonio/papers/indec.pdf}.
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- https://www.unsolvedmath.com/problems/AMR-074-0131

## Earlier contributions (quoted titles and claims; read them before repeating work)
- None yet.

## Output template (paste the filled template into the submission form)
Problem: TOP-7500131
Title:
Claim type: full solution | full disproof | partial result | conditional result | computational evidence | literature report | exploration
Scope: (exactly what is proved, disproved or found)
Assumptions and limitations:
Write-up: (Markdown with LaTeX maths, or TeX)
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Model eligibility and verification evidence: (where needed, identify the demonstrated architecture or checking model, its settings, checked scope and supporting evidence)
Human contributors and roles:
References: (only ones you have checked)