Abstract
We explore the computational content of Kronecker's lemma via the proof-theoretic perspective of proof mining and utilise the resulting finitary variant of this fundamental result to provide new rates for the Strong Law of Large Numbers for random variables taking values in type p Banach spaces, which in particular are very uniform in the sense that they do not depend on the distribution of the random variables. Furthermore, we provide computability-theoretic arguments to demonstrate the ineffectiveness of Kronecker's lemma and investigate the result from the perspective of Reverse Mathematics. In addition, we demonstrate how this ineffectiveness from Kronecker's lemma trickles down to the Strong Law of Large Numbers by providing a construction that shows that computable rates of convergence are not always possible. Lastly, we demonstrate how Kronecker's lemma falls under a class of deterministic formulas whose solution to their Dialectica interpretation satisfies a continuity property and how, for such formulas, one obtains an upgrade principle that allows one to lift computational interpretations of deterministic results to quantitative results for their probabilistic analogue. This result generalises the previous work of the author and Pischke.
| Original language | English |
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| Article number | 103569 |
| Journal | Annals of Pure and Applied Logic |
| Volume | 176 |
| Issue number | 6 |
| Early online date | 4 Mar 2025 |
| DOIs | |
| Publication status | Published - 30 Jun 2025 |
Data Availability Statement
No data was used for the research described in the article.Acknowledgements
This article was written as part of the author's PhD studies under the supervision of Thomas Powell, and I would like to thank him for his support and invaluable guidance. The author would also like to thank Nicholas Pischke for insightful comments and discussions.Funding
The author was partially supported by the EPSRC Centre for Doctoral Training in Digital Entertainment (EP/L016540/1).
| Funders | Funder number |
|---|---|
| EPSRC Centre for Doctoral Training in Digital Entertainment (CDE) | EP/L016540/1 |
Keywords
- Kronecker's lemma
- Large deviations
- Laws of large
- Probability theory
- Proof mining
ASJC Scopus subject areas
- Logic
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