Independence, Relative Randomness, and PA Degrees

We study pairs of reals that are mutually Martin-Löf random with respect to a common, not necessarily computable probability measure. We show that a generalized version of van Lambalgen's Theorem holds for non-computable probability measures, too. We study, for a given real $A$, the \emph{independence spectrum} of $A$, the set of all $B$ so that there exists a probability measure $μ$ so that $μ\{A,B\} = 0$ and $(A,B)$ is $μ\timesμ$-random. We prove that if $A$ is r.e., then no $Δ^0_2$ set is in the independence spectrum of $A$. We obtain applications of this fact to PA degrees. In particular, we show that if $A$ is r.e.\ and $P$ is of PA degree so that $P \not\geq_{T} A$, then $A \oplus P \geq_{T} 0'$.

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