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Some model theory of the Heisenberg group

Logic 2026-02-10 v2

Abstract

We show that a field KK is model complete (in the language of rings) if and only if the Heisenberg group H(K)H(K) is model complete (in the language of groups). To show that, we extend Levchuk's result about automorphisms of H(K)H(K) to the case of monomorphisms H(K)H(M)H(K)\to H(M). We also show that H(K)H(K) does not have quantifier elimination and discuss its (non-)bi-interpretability with KK.

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@article{arxiv.2512.09414,
  title  = {Some model theory of the Heisenberg group},
  author = {Maciej Frącek and Piotr Kowalski},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:2512.09414},
  year   = {2026}
}