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This paper aims to provide an analysis of what it means when we say that a pair of theories, very generously construed, are equivalent in the sense that they are interdefinable. With regard to theories articulated in first order logic, we…

Logic · Mathematics 2025-11-05 Toby Meadows

In this paper we study possibilities of efficient reasoning in combinations of theories over possibly non-disjoint signatures. We first present a class of theory extensions (called local extensions) in which hierarchical reasoning is…

Logic in Computer Science · Computer Science 2008-10-16 Viorica Sofronie-Stokkermans

We prove that if $T$ is a complete theory with weak elimination of imaginaries, then there is an explicit bijection between strict independence relations for $T$ and strict independence relations for $T^{\text{eq}}$. We use this observation…

Logic · Mathematics 2018-09-12 Gabriel Conant

We establish a bijection between torsion pairs in the category of finite-dimensional modules over a finite-dimensional algebra A and pairs (Z, I) formed by a closed rigid set Z in the Ziegler spectrum of A and a set I of indecomposable…

Representation Theory · Mathematics 2024-03-04 Lidia Angeleri Hügel , Rosanna Laking , Francesco Sentieri

It is well known that whenever a class of structures $\mathcal{K}_1$ is interpretable in a class of structures $\mathcal{K}_2$, then the hereditary undecidability of (a fragment of) the theory of $\mathcal{K}_1$ implies the hereditary…

Logic · Mathematics 2024-05-15 Vladimir E. Karpov

Many definitions of weak and strict $\infty$-categories have been proposed. In this paper we present a definition for $\infty$-categories with strict associators, but which is otherwise fully weak. Our approach is based on the existing type…

Category Theory · Mathematics 2021-09-06 Eric Finster , Alex Rice , Jamie Vicary

In this paper we study admissible extensions of several theories T of reverse mathematics. The idea is that in such an extension the structure M = (N,S,\in) of the natural numbers N and collection of sets of natural numbers S has to obey…

Logic · Mathematics 2023-06-23 Gerhard Jäger , Michael Rathjen

For which (first-order complete, usually countable) $T$ do there exist non-isomorphic models of $T$ which become isomorphic after forcing with a forcing notion $\mathbb{P}$? Necessarily, $\mathbb{P}$ is non-trivial; i.e.~it adds some new…

Logic · Mathematics 2025-07-03 Saharon Shelah

We develop an obstruction theory for Hirsch extensions of cbba's with twisted coefficients. This leads to a variety of applications, including a structural theorem for minimal cbba's, a construction of relative minimal models with twisted…

Algebraic Topology · Mathematics 2026-05-28 Jiahao Hu

We study the logic FO(~), the extension of first-order logic with team semantics by unrestricted Boolean negation. It was recently shown axiomatizable, but otherwise has not yet received much attention in questions of computational…

Logic in Computer Science · Computer Science 2018-04-16 Martin Lück

We develop some basic results about full amalgamation classes with intrinsic trascendentals. These classes have generics whose models may have finite subsets whose intrinsic closure is not contained in its algebraic closure. We will show…

Logic · Mathematics 2015-12-15 Justin Brody

All known structural extensions of the substructural logic $\mathsf{FL_e}$, Full Lambek calculus with exchange/commutativity, (corresponding to subvarieties of commutative residuated lattices axiomatized by $\{\vee, \cdot, 1\}$-equations)…

Logic · Mathematics 2023-10-04 Nikolaos Galatos , Gavin St. John

We show that for 1<n<m, the class Nr_nCA_m known to be non-elementary is pseudo elementary. When n and m are finite we use a two sorted theory, when n is finite and m infinite we use a three sorted one, and finally when both are infinite we…

Logic · Mathematics 2013-04-11 Tarek Sayed Ahmed

In this paper it is stressed that there is no {\em physical} reason for symmetries to be linear and that Lie group theory is therefore too restrictive. We illustrate this with some simple examples. Then we give a readable review on the…

High Energy Physics - Theory · Physics 2008-11-26 Jan de Boer , Frederique Harmsze , Tjark Tjin

The cohomology of coherent sheaves and sheaves of Abelian groups on Noetherian schemes are interpreted in second order arithmetic by means of a finiteness theorem. This finiteness theorem provably fails for the etale topology even on…

Logic · Mathematics 2012-07-26 Colin McLarty

Let $A = \{0 = a_0 < a_1 < \cdots < a_{\ell + 1} = b\}$ be a finite set of non-negative integers. We prove that the sumset $NA$ has a certain easily-described structure, provided that $N \geqslant b-\ell$, as recently conjectured by Shakan…

Number Theory · Mathematics 2021-04-01 Andrew Granville , Aled Walker

Let $\Gamma$ be a centerless irreducible higher rank arithmetic lattice in characteristic zero. We prove that if $\Gamma$ is either non-uniform or is uniform of orthogonal type and dimension at least 9, then $\Gamma$ is bi-interpretable…

Group Theory · Mathematics 2020-08-24 Nir Avni , Chen Meiri

We introduce the notions of a mutually algebraic structures and theories and prove many equivalents. A theory $T$ is mutually algebraic if and only if it is weakly minimal and trivial if and only if no model $M$ of $T$ has an expansion…

Logic · Mathematics 2012-07-25 Michael C. Laskowski

We give examples of (i) a simple theory with a formula (with parameters) which does not fork over the empty set but has mu measure 0 for every automorphism invariant Keisler measure mu, and (ii) a definable group G in a simple theory such…

Two salient notions of sameness of theories are synonymy, also known as definitional equivalence, and bi-interpretability. Of these two definitional equivalence is the strictest notion. In which cases can we infer synonymy from…

Logic · Mathematics 2025-09-03 Harvey M. Friedman , Albert Visser