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An application of a reflection principle

Zofia Adamowicz, Leszek Aleksander Kołodziejczyk, Paweł Zbierski (2003)

Fundamenta Mathematicae

We define a recursive theory which axiomatizes a class of models of IΔ₀ + Ω ₃ + ¬ exp all of which share two features: firstly, the set of Δ₀ definable elements of the model is majorized by the set of elements definable by Δ₀ formulae of fixed complexity; secondly, Σ₁ truth about the model is recursively reducible to the set of true Σ₁ formulae of fixed complexity.

An elementary class extending abelian-by- G groups, for G infinite

Carlo Toffalori (1996)

Atti della Accademia Nazionale dei Lincei. Classe di Scienze Fisiche, Matematiche e Naturali. Rendiconti Lincei. Matematica e Applicazioni

We show that for no infinite group G the class of abelian-by- G groups is elementary, but, at least when G is an infinite elementary abelian p -group (with p prime), the class of groups admitting a normal abelian subgroup whose quotient group is elementarily equivalent to G is elementary.

An essay on model theory

Ludomir Newelski (2003)

Open Mathematics

Some basic ideas of model theory are presented and a personal outlook on its perspectives is given.

An invariant for difference field extensions

Zoé Chatzidakis, Ehud Hrushovski (2012)

Annales de la faculté des sciences de Toulouse Mathématiques

In this paper we introduce a new invariant for extensions of difference fields, the distant degree, and discuss its properties.

An irrational problem

Franklin D. Tall (2002)

Fundamenta Mathematicae

Given a topological space ⟨X,⟩ ∈ M, an elementary submodel of set theory, we define X M to be X ∩ M with topology generated by U M : U M . Suppose X M is homeomorphic to the irrationals; must X = X M ? We have partial results. We also answer a question of Gruenhage by showing that if X M is homeomorphic to the “Long Cantor Set”, then X = X M .

An o-minimal structure which does not admit C cellular decomposition

Olivier Le Gal, Jean-Philippe Rolin (2009)

Annales de l’institut Fourier

We present an example of an o-minimal structure which does not admit C cellular decomposition. To this end, we construct a function H whose germ at the origin admits a C k representative for each integer k , but no C representative. A number theoretic condition on the coefficients of the Taylor series of H then insures the quasianalyticity of some differential algebras 𝒜 n ( H ) induced by H . The o-minimality of the structure generated by H is deduced from this quasianalyticity property.

An ordered structure of rank two related to Dulac's Problem

A. Dolich, P. Speissegger (2008)

Fundamenta Mathematicae

For a vector field ξ on ℝ² we construct, under certain assumptions on ξ, an ordered model-theoretic structure associated to the flow of ξ. We do this in such a way that the set of all limit cycles of ξ is represented by a definable set. This allows us to give two restatements of Dulac’s Problem for ξ - that is, the question whether ξ has finitely many limit cycles-in model-theoretic terms, one involving the recently developed notion of U þ -rank and the other involving the notion of o-minimality.

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