The members of thin and minimal classes, their ranks and Turing degrees

Abstract We study the relationship among members of Π 1 0 classes, thin Π 1 0 classes, their Cantor–Bendixson ranks and their Turing degrees; in particular, we show that any nonzero Δ 2 0 degree contains a member of rank α for any computable ordinal α. Furthermore we observe that the degrees containing members of thin Π 1 0 classes are not closed under join.