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We study uncountable structures similar to the Fra\"iss\'e limits. The standard inductive arguments from the Fra\"iss\'e theory are replaced by forcing, so the structures we obtain are highly sensitive to the universe of set theory. In…

Logic · Mathematics 2024-12-19 Ziemowit Kostana

This is a survey of results on definability and undefinability in models of arithmetic. The goal is to present a stark difference between undefinability results in the standard model and much stronger versions about expansions of…

Logic · Mathematics 2023-04-17 Roman Kossak

We show in ZFC that there is no set of reals of size continuum which can be translated away from every set in the Marczewski ideal. We also show that in the Cohen model, every set with this property is countable.

Logic · Mathematics 2024-01-10 Joerg Brendle , Wolfgang Wohofsky

In this paper I will show that it is relatively consistent with the usual axioms of mathematics (ZFC) together with a strong form of the axiom of infinity (the existence of a supercompact cardinal) that the class of uncountable linear…

Logic · Mathematics 2013-10-08 Justin Tatch Moore

Cantor's famous proof of the non-denumerability of real numbers does apply to any infinite set. The set of exclusively all natural numbers does not exist. This shows that the concept of countability is not well defined. There remains no…

General Mathematics · Mathematics 2009-09-29 W. Mueckenheim

We study when a union of saturated models is saturated in the framework of tame abstract elementary classes (AECs) with amalgamation. We prove: $\mathbf{Theorem}$ If $K$ is a tame AEC with amalgamation satisfying a natural definition of…

Logic · Mathematics 2017-04-13 Will Boney , Sebastien Vasey

We prove decidability of univariate real algebra extended with predicates for rational and integer powers, i.e., $(x^n \in \mathbb{Q})$ and $(x^n \in \mathbb{Z})$. Our decision procedure combines computation over real algebraic cells with…

Logic · Mathematics 2015-06-17 Grant Olney Passmore

A result of Kaufmann shows that if $L_\alpha$ is countable, admissible and satisfies $\Pi_n\textsf{-Collection}$, then $\langle L_\alpha, \in \rangle$ has a proper $\Sigma_{n+1}$-elementary end extension. This paper investigates to what…

Logic · Mathematics 2022-01-14 Zachiri McKenzie

In this note, we study non-standard models of the rational numbers with countably many elements. These are ordered fields, and so it makes sense to complete them, using non-standard Cauchy sequences. The main result of this note shows that…

Logic · Mathematics 2007-05-23 Peter Laubenheimer , Thomas Schick , Ulrich Stuhler

The main theorem of this article is that every countable model of set theory M, including every well-founded model, is isomorphic to a submodel of its own constructible universe. In other words, there is an embedding $j:M\to L^M$ that is…

Logic · Mathematics 2014-02-14 Joel David Hamkins

We show that the ring of integers of $\mathbb{Q}^{\text{tr}}$ is existentially definable in the ring of integers of $\mathbb{Q}^{\text{tr}}(i)$, where $\mathbb{Q}^{\text{tr}}$ denotes the field of all totally real numbers. This implies that…

Number Theory · Mathematics 2024-02-21 Caleb Springer

We prove that, consistently with ZFC, no ultraproduct of countably infinite (or separable metric, non-compact) structures is isomorphic to a reduced product of countable (or separable metric) structures associated to the Fr\'echet filter.…

Logic · Mathematics 2022-07-18 Ilijas Farah , Saharon Shelah

We show that if we enrich first order logic by allowing quantification over isomorphisms between definable ordered fields the resulting logic, L(Q_{Of}), is fully compact. In this logic, we can give standard compactness proofs of various…

Logic · Mathematics 2016-09-06 Alan H. Mekler , Saharon Shelah

We make use of a finite support product of $\omega_1$ clones of the Jensen minimal $\varPi^1_2$ singleton forcing to obtain a model of ZFC in which every non-empty lightface analytically definable set of reals contains a lightface…

Logic · Mathematics 2017-02-21 Vladimir Kanovei , Vassily Lyubetsky

G\"odel's first and second incompleteness theorems are corner stones of modern mathematics. In this article we present a new proof of these theorems for ZFC and theories containing ZFC, using Chaitin's incompleteness theorem and a very…

Logic · Mathematics 2023-02-20 David O. Zisselman

We characterize nonstandard models of ZF (of arbitrary cardinality) that can be expanded to Goedel-Bernays class theory plus $\Delta^1_1$-Comprehension. We also characterize countable nonstandard models of ZFC that can be expanded to…

Logic · Mathematics 2022-06-27 Ali Enayat

In this paper, we prove the number of countable models of a countable supersimple theory is either 1 or infinite. This result is an extension of Lachlan's theorem on a superstable theory.

Rings and Algebras · Mathematics 2009-09-25 Byunghan Kim

We introduce a model-complete theory which completely axiomatizes the structure $Z_{\alpha}=(Z, +, 0, 1, f)$ where $f : x \to \lfloor{\alpha} x \rfloor $ is a unary function with $\alpha$ a fixed transcendental number. When $\alpha$ is…

Logic · Mathematics 2025-10-16 Mohsen Khani , Ali N. Valizadeh , Afshin Zarei

The following two assertions are equivalent for an o-minimal expansion of an ordered group $\mathcal M=(M,<,+,0,\ldots)$. There exists a definable bijection between a bounded interval and an unbounded interval. Any definable continuous…

Logic · Mathematics 2023-05-17 Masato Fujita

To characterize the computational complexity of satisfiability problems for probabilistic and causal reasoning within the Pearl's Causal Hierarchy, arXiv:2305.09508 [cs.AI] introduce a new natural class, named succ-$\exists$R. This class…

Computational Complexity · Computer Science 2024-10-07 Markus Bläser , Julian Dörfler , Maciej Liskiewicz , Benito van der Zander