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Type of Document	Dissertation
Author	Ki, Haseo
URN	etd-10112007-111738
Persistent URL	http://resolver.caltech.edu/CaltechETD:etd-10112007-111738
Title	Topics in descriptive set theory related to number theory and analysis
Degree	PhD
Option	Mathematics
Advisory Committee	Advisor Name Title A. S. Kechris Committee Chair
Keywords	none
Date of Defense	1995-03-15
Availability	restricted
Abstract NOTE: Text or symbols not renderable in plain ASCII are indicated by [...]. Abstract is included in .pdf document. Based on the point of view of descriptive set theory, we have investigated several definable sets from number theory and analysis. In Chapter 1 we solve two problems due to Kechris about sets arising in number theory, provide an example of a somewhat natural [...] set, and exhibit an exact relationship between the Borel class of a nonempty subset X of the unit interval and the class of subsets of N whose densities lie in X. In Chapter 2 we study the A, S, T and U-sets from Mahler's classification of complex numbers. We are able to prove that U and T are [...]-complete and [...]-complete respectively. In particular, U provides a rare example of a natural [...]-complete set. In Chapter 3 we solve a question due to Kechris about UCF, the set of all continuous functions, on the unit circle, with Fourier series uniformly convergent. We further show that any [...] set, which contains UCF, must contain a continuous function with Fourier series divergent. In Chapter 4 we use techniques from number theory and the theory of Borel equivalence relations to provide a class of complete [...] sets. Finally, in Chapter 5, we solve a problem due to Ajtai and Kechris. For each differentiable function f on the unit circle, the Kechris-Woodin rank measures the failure of continuity of the derivative function f', while the Zalcwasser rank measures how close the Fourier series of f is to being a uniformly convergent series. We show that the Kechris-Woodin rank is finer than the Zalcwasser rank.
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