Computable Isomorphisms for Certain Classes of Infinite Graphs

Abstract

We investigate (2,1):1 structures, which consist of a countable set $A$ together with a function $f:A\to A$ such that for every element $x$ in $A$, $f$ maps either exactly one element or exactly two elements of $A$ to $x$. These structures extend the notions of injection structures, 2:1 structures, and (2,0):1 structures studied by Cenzer, Harizanov, and Remmel, all of which can be thought of as infinite directed graphs. We look at various computability-theoretic properties of (2,1):1 structures, most notably that of computable categoricity. We say that a structure $\mathcal{A}$ is computably categorical if there exists a computable isomorphism between any two computable copies of $\mathcal{A}$. We give a sufficient condition under which a (2,1):1 structure is computably categorical, and present some examples of (2,1):1 structures with different computability-theoretic properties.

arXiv comment15 pages, 6 figures, submitted for publication to the Journal of Knot Theory and its Ramifications