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A note on the theory of well orders

Logic 2025-03-26 v4 Logic in Computer Science

Abstract

We give a simple proof that the first-order theory of well orders is axiomatized by transfinite induction, and that it is decidable.

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@article{arxiv.2405.05779,
  title  = {A note on the theory of well orders},
  author = {Emil Jeřábek},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:2405.05779},
  year   = {2025}
}

Comments

4 pages; accepted to the Bulletin of Symbolic Logic