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The Pentagon as a Substructure Lattice of Models of Peano Arithmetic

Logic 2025-09-17 v5

Abstract

Wilke proved in 1977 that every countable model M{\mathcal M} of Peano Arithmetic has an elementary end extension N{\mathcal N} such that the interstructure lattice Lt(N/M{\mathcal N} / {\mathcal M}) is the pentagon lattice N5{\mathbf N}_5. This theorem implies that every countable nonstandard M\mathcal M has an elementary cofinal extension such that Lt(N/M)N5{\mathcal N} / {\mathcal M}) \cong {\mathbf N}_5. It is proved here that if MN{\mathcal M} \prec {\mathcal N} and Lt(N/M)N5{\mathcal N} / {\mathcal M}) \cong {\mathbf N}_5, then N{\mathcal N} is either an end or a cofinal extension of M{\mathcal M}. In contrast, there are MNPA{\mathcal M}^* \prec {\mathcal N}^* \models {\mathsf PA}^* such that Lt(N/M)N5{\mathcal N} / {\mathcal M}) \cong {\mathbf N}_5 and N{\mathcal N}^* is neither an end nor a cofinal extension of M{\mathcal M}^*.

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@article{arxiv.1910.05284,
  title  = {The Pentagon as a Substructure Lattice of Models of Peano Arithmetic},
  author = {James H. Schmerl},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:1910.05284},
  year   = {2025}
}

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