Trace definability II: model-theoretic linearity
Abstract
We give examples of structures in which new algebraic structure appears in the Shelah completion. In particular we construct a weakly o-minimal structure such that does not interpret an infinite group but the Shelah completion of interprets an infinite field. We introduce a weak notion of interpretability called local trace definability between first order structures and an associated weak notion of equivalence. We give a dichotomy between ``linearity" and ``field structure" for dp-minimal expansions of archimedean ordered abelian groups. We also prove several other results about trace definability and local trace definability between various classes of structures.
Cite
@article{arxiv.2605.12323,
title = {Trace definability II: model-theoretic linearity},
author = {Erik Walsberg},
journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:2605.12323},
year = {2026}
}
Comments
This is the second in a series of papers consisting of cleaned up and strengthened versions of parts of arXiv:2504.05566v1