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Definable Continuous Induction on Ordered Abelian Groups

Logic 2017-03-17 v1

Abstract

As mathematical induction is applied to prove statements on natural numbers, {\it continuous induction} (or, {\it real induction}) is a tool to prove some statements in real analysis.(Although, this comparison is somehow an overstatement.) Here, we first consider it on densely ordered abelian groups to prove Heine-Borel theorem (every closed and bounded interval is compact with respect to order topology) in those structures. Then, using the recently introduced notion of pseudo finite sets, we introduce a first order definable version of {\it continuous induction} in the language of ordered groups and we use it to prove a definable version of Heine-Borel theorem on densely ordered abelian groups.

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@article{arxiv.1703.05493,
  title  = {Definable Continuous Induction on Ordered Abelian Groups},
  author = {Jafar S. Eivazloo},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:1703.05493},
  year   = {2017}
}

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7 pages

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