Some semilattices of definable sets in continuous logic
Abstract
In continuous first-order logic, the union of definable sets is definable but generally the intersection is not. This means that in any continuous theory, the collection of -definable sets in one variable forms a join-semilattice under inclusion that may fail to be a lattice. We investigate the question of which semilattices arise as the collection of definable sets in a continuous theory. We show that for any non-trivial finite semilattice (or, equivalently, any finite lattice ), there is a superstable theory whose semilattice of definable sets is . We then extend this construction to some infinite semilattices. In particular, we show that the following semilattices arise in continuous theories: and for any ordinal , a semilattice containing an exact pair above , and the lattice of filters in for any countable meet-semilattice . By previous work of the author, this establishes that these semilattices arise in stable theories. The first two are done in languages of cardinality , and the latter two are done in countable languages.
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@article{arxiv.2302.02264,
title = {Some semilattices of definable sets in continuous logic},
author = {James Hanson},
journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:2302.02264},
year = {2023}
}
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22 pages