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Logic · Mathematics 2026-02-12 Lucy Ham , Marcel Jackson

We give several characterizations of when a complete first-order theory $T$ is monadically NIP, i.e. when expansions of $T$ by arbitrary unary predicates do not have the independence property. The central characterization is a condition on…

Logic · Mathematics 2026-05-06 Samuel Braunfeld , Michael C. Laskowski

The main purpose of this paper is to present a new and more uniform model-theoretic/combinatorial proof of the theorem ([5]): The randomization $T^{R}$ of a complete first-order theory $T$ with $NIP$ is a (complete) first-order continuous…

Logic · Mathematics 2026-01-01 Karim Khanaki , Massoud Pourmahdian

A dependent theory is a (first order complete theory) T which does not have the independence property. A main result here is: if we expand a model of T by the traces on it of sets definable in a bigger model then we preserve its being…

Logic · Mathematics 2013-02-20 Saharon Shelah

Disjoint union is a partial binary operation returning the union of two sets if they are disjoint and undefined otherwise. A disjoint-union partial algebra of sets is a collection of sets closed under disjoint unions, whenever they are…

Rings and Algebras · Mathematics 2023-06-22 Robin Hirsch , Brett McLean

We try to understand complete types over a somewhat saturated model of a complete first order theory which is dependent (previously called NIP), by "decomposition theorems for such types". Our thesis is that the picture of dependent theory…

Logic · Mathematics 2013-12-25 Saharon Shelah

We explore the N=1* theories compactified on a circle with twisted boundary conditions. The gauge algebra of these theories are the so-called twisted affine Lie algebra. We propose the exact superpotentials by guessing the sum of all…

High Energy Physics - Theory · Physics 2010-02-03 Seok Kim , Ki-Myeong Lee , Ho-Ung Yee , Piljin Yi

For a first-order theory $T$, the Constraint Satisfaction Problem of $T$ is the computational problem of deciding whether a given conjunction of atomic formulas is satisfiable in some model of $T$. In this article we develop sufficient…

Logic · Mathematics 2020-12-03 Manuel Bodirsky , Johannes Greiner

We prove that the theory of the Farey graph is pseudofinite by constructing a sequence of finite structures that satisfy increasingly large subsets of its first-order axiomatization. This graph is an important object in the study of curve…

Logic · Mathematics 2026-03-26 Connor Martinez Lockhart

We show that any pseudofinite group with NIP theory and with a finite upper bound on the length of chains of centralisers is soluble-by-finite. In particular, any NIP rosy pseudofinite group is soluble-by-finite. This generalises, and…

Logic · Mathematics 2012-02-16 Dugald Macpherson , Katrin Tent

We explore the consequence of generalized symmetries in four-dimensional $\mathcal{N}=1$ superconformal field theories. First, we classify all possible supersymmetric gauge theories with a simple gauge group that have a nontrivial one-form…

High Energy Physics - Theory · Physics 2025-05-07 Monica Jinwoo Kang , Craig Lawrie , Ki-Hong Lee , Jaewon Song

We define the interpolative fusion $T^*_\cup$ of a family $(T_i)_{i \in I}$ of first-order theories over a common reduct $T_\cap$, a notion that generalizes many examples of random or generic structures in the model-theoretic literature.…

Logic · Mathematics 2021-11-04 Alex Kruckman , Minh Chieu Tran , Erik Walsberg

We use axioms of abstract ternary relations to define the notion of a free amalgamation theory. These form a subclass of first-order theories, without the strict order property, encompassing many prominent examples of countable structures…

Logic · Mathematics 2023-11-03 Gabriel Conant

We study finite first-order satisfiability (FSAT) in the constructive setting of dependent type theory. Employing synthetic accounts of enumerability and decidability, we give a full classification of FSAT depending on the first-order…

Logic in Computer Science · Computer Science 2023-06-22 Dominik Kirst , Dominique Larchey-Wendling

We show that every semigroup which is a finite disjoint union of copies of the free monogenic semigroup (natural numbers under addition) has linear growth. This implies that the the corresponding semigroup algebra is a PI algebra.

Group Theory · Mathematics 2015-05-11 Nabilah Abughazalah , Pavel Etingof

It is known that there exists a first-order sentence that holds in a finite group if and only if the group is soluble. Here it is shown that the corresponding statements with 'solubility' replaced by 'nilpotence' and 'perfectness', among…

Group Theory · Mathematics 2021-05-11 Yves Cornulier , John S. Wilson

We indicate a way of distinguishing between structures, for which, two structures are said to be separable.Being separable implies being non-isomorphic. We show that for any first order theory $T$ in a countable language, if it has an…

Logic · Mathematics 2012-11-28 Mohammad Assem

This paper discusses the relationships between gauge theories defined by gauge groups with finite trivially-acting centers, and theories with restrictions on nonperturbative sectors, in two and four dimensions. In two dimensions, these…

High Energy Physics - Theory · Physics 2014-07-30 E. Sharpe

We prove:(1) the existence, for every integer n > 3, of a noncompact smooth n-dimensional topological manifold whose diffeomorphism group contains an isomorphic copy of every finitely presented group; (2) a finiteness theorem on finite…

Group Theory · Mathematics 2014-01-07 Vladimir L. Popov

We study finite first-order satisfiability (FSAT) in the constructive setting of dependent type theory. Employing synthetic accounts of enumerability and decidability, we give a full classification of FSAT depending on the first-order…

Logic in Computer Science · Computer Science 2020-04-17 Dominik Kirst , Dominique Larchey-Wendling