On the existence of a strong minimal pair

Journal of Mathematical Logic 15 (1):1550003 (2015)
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Abstract

We show that there is a strong minimal pair in the computably enumerable Turing degrees, i.e. a pair of nonzero c.e. degrees a and b such that a∩b = 0 and for any nonzero c.e. degree x ≤ a, b ∪ x ≥ a.

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B. R. George
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