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Torsion-Free Abelian Groups are Consistently $a \Delta^1_2$-complete

Logic 2018-04-24 v1

Abstract

Let \mboxTFAG\mbox{TFAG} be the theory of torsion-free abelian groups. We show that if there is no countable transitive model of ZFC+κ(ω)ZFC^- + \kappa(\omega) exists, then \mboxTFAG\mbox{TFAG} is aΔ21a \Delta^1_2-complete; in particular, this is consistent with ZFCZFC. We define the α\alpha-ary Schr\"{o}der- Bernstein property, and show that \mboxTFAG\mbox{TFAG} fails the α\alpha-ary Schr\"{o}der-Bernstein property for every α<κ(ω)\alpha < \kappa(\omega). We leave open whether or not \mboxTFAG\mbox{TFAG} can have the κ(ω)\kappa(\omega)-ary Schr\"{o}der-Bernstein property; if it did, then it would not be aΔ21a \Delta^1_2-complete, and hence not Borel complete.

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@article{arxiv.1804.08152,
  title  = {Torsion-Free Abelian Groups are Consistently $a \Delta^1_2$-complete},
  author = {Saharon Shelah and Douglas Ulrich},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:1804.08152},
  year   = {2018}
}

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