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Definable choice for a class of weakly o-minimal theories

Logic 2016-11-17 v3

Abstract

Given an o-minimal structure M{\mathcal M} with a group operation, we show that for a properly convex subset UU, the theory of the expanded structure M=(M,U){\mathcal M}'=({\mathcal M},U) has definable Skolem functions precisely when M{\mathcal M}' is valuational. As a corollary, we get an elementary proof that the theory of any such M{\mathcal M}' does not satisfy definable choice.

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@article{arxiv.1505.02147,
  title  = {Definable choice for a class of weakly o-minimal theories},
  author = {Michael C. Laskowski and Christopher S. Shaw},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:1505.02147},
  year   = {2016}
}

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11 pages