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An infinite branch in a decidable tree

Logic 2019-12-10 v3

Abstract

We consider a structure M=N,{Tr,<}\mathcal {M} = \langle \mathbb N, \{Tr,<\} \rangle, where the relation Tr(a,x,y)Tr(a,x,y) with a parameter a a defines a family of trees on N\mathbb N and << is the usual order on N\mathbb N. We show that if the elementary theory of M\mathcal M is decidable then (1) the relation Q(a)Q( a) \rightleftharpoons "there is an infinite branch in the tree Tr(a,x,y)Tr( a,x,y)" is definable in M\mathcal M, and (2) if there is an infinite branch in the tree Tr(a,x,y)Tr( a,x,y), then there is a definable in M\mathcal M infinite branch.

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@article{arxiv.1801.00423,
  title  = {An infinite branch in a decidable tree},
  author = {S. F. Soprunov},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:1801.00423},
  year   = {2019}
}

Comments

5 pages,fixed typo in v.2, updated (and simplified) the rank definition

R2 v1 2026-06-22T23:33:42.269Z