Some classical model theoretic aspects of bounded shrub-depth classes
Abstract
We consider classes of arbitrary (finite or infinite) graphs of bounded shrub-depth, specifically the class of -labeled arbitrary graphs whose underlying unlabeled graphs have tree models of height and labels. We show that this class satisfies an extension of the classical L\"owenheim-Skolem property into the finite and for . This extension being a generalization of the small model property, we obtain that the graphs of are pseudo-finite. In addition, we obtain as consequences entirely new proofs of a number of known results concerning bounded shrub-depth classes (of finite graphs) and . These include the small model property for with elementary bounds, the classical compactness theorem from model theory over , and the equivalence of and over and hence over bounded shrub-depth classes. The proof for the last of these is via an adaptation of the proof of the classical Lindstr\"om's theorem characterizing over arbitrary structures.
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@article{arxiv.2010.05799,
title = {Some classical model theoretic aspects of bounded shrub-depth classes},
author = {Abhisekh Sankaran},
journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:2010.05799},
year = {2020}
}
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26 pages