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We demonstrate that any $\Pi_\alpha$ sentence of the infinitary logic $L_{\omega_1 \omega}$ extending the theory of linear orderings has a model with a $\Pi_{\alpha+4}$ Scott sentence and hence of Scott rank at most $\alpha+3$. In other…
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The paper continues the line of model-theoretic characterizations for versions of intuitionistic logic previously achieved by the author, further generalizing them. This results in a model-theoretic characterization of expressive powers of…
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