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We characterize the effective content and the proof-theoretic strength of a
Ramsey-type theorem for bi-colorings of so-called exactly large
sets. An exactly large set is a set $X \subset {\bf{N}}$ such that ${\rm{card}}\left( X \right) = {\rm{min}}\left( X \right) + 1$. The theorem we analyze is as follows. For every infinite
subset M of N, for every coloring C of the
exactly large subsets of M in two colors, there exists and
infinite subset L of M such that
C is constant on all exactly large subsets of
L. This theorem is essentially due to Pudlák and
Rödl and independently to Farmaki. We prove that—over
RCA0 —this theorem is equivalent to closure under the
ωth Turing jump (i.e., under arithmetical truth).
Natural combinatorial theorems at this level of complexity are rare. In terms of
Reverse Mathematics we give the first Ramsey-theoretic characterization of ${\rm{ACA}}_0^ +$. Our results give a complete characterization of the theorem
from the point of view of Computability Theory and of the Proof Theory of
Arithmetic. This nicely extends the current knowledge about the strength of
Ramsey’s Theorem. We also show that analogous results hold for a
related principle based on the Regressive Ramsey’s Theorem. We
conjecture that analogous results hold for larger ordinals.
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