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On the shatter function of semilinear set systems

Combinatorics 2025-07-01 v3 Logic

Abstract

We show that the shatter function of a semilinear set system on Rm\mathbb{R}^m is asymptotic to a polynomial. This confirms, for the structure (R;+,<)(\mathbb{R}; +, <), a conjecture of Chernikov and is a step towards characterizing model-theoretic linearity via shatter functions.

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@article{arxiv.2501.10032,
  title  = {On the shatter function of semilinear set systems},
  author = {Abdul Basit and Chieu-Minh Tran},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:2501.10032},
  year   = {2025}
}

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40 pages; minor edits

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