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Nonarithmetical ℵ0-categorical theories with recursive models

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  12 March 2014

Julia F. Knight*
Affiliation:
Department of Mathematics, University of Notre Dame, Notre Dame, Indiana 46556

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In what follows, L is a recursive language. The structures to be considered are L-structures with universe named by constants from ω. A structure is recursive A if the open diagram D() is recursive. Lerman and Schmerl [L-S] proved the following result.

Let T be an0-categorical elementary first-order theory. Suppose that for all n, , and T is arithmetical. Then T has a recursive model.

The aim of this paper is to extend Theorem 0.1. Stating the extension requires some terminology. Consider finitary formulas with symbols from L and sometimes extra constants from ω. For each nω, the Σn and Πn formulas are as usual. Then Bnformulas are Boolean combinations of Σn formulas. For an L-structure , Dn() denotes the set of Bn sentences in the complete diagram Dc(). A complete Σn theory is a maximal consistent set of ΣnL-sentences. We may write φ(x), or Γ(x), to indicate that the free variables of the formula φ, or the set Γ, are among those in x. A complete Bn type for x is a maximal consistent set Γ(x) of Bn formulas with just the free variables x.

If T is ℵ0-categorical, then for each x only finitely many complete types Γ(x) are consistent with T. While Lerman and Schmerl stated their result just for ℵ0-categorical theories, essentially the same proof yields the following.

Theorem 0.2. Let T be a consistent, complete theory such that for all n andx, only finitely many complete Bn types Γ(x) are consistent with T.

Type
Research Article
Copyright
Copyright © Association for Symbolic Logic 1994

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References

[L-S]Lerman, M. and Schmerl, J., Theories with recursive models, this Journal, vol. 44 (1979), pp. 5976.Google Scholar