Published online by Cambridge University Press: 12 March 2014
A compact complex space X is viewed as a 1-st order structure by taking predicates for analytic subsets of X, X x X, … as basic relations. Let f: X → Y be a proper surjective holomorphic map between complex spaces and set Xy ≔ f−1(y). We show that the set
is analytically constructible, i.e.. is a definable set when X and Y are compact complex spaces and f: X → Y is a holomorphic map. The analogous result in the context of algebraic geometry gives rise to the definability of Morley degree.