The ordinals of the systems of second order arithmetic with the provably Δ 2 1 -comprehension axiom and with the Δ 2 1 -comprehension axiom respectively

Definition 1.15. A proof of second order arithmetic in the tree form formulation with G L C as its logical basis (see [5] for the precise definition) (Including substitution as one of the rules of inference) is called (3-) reducible if it satisfies the following.