Which Classes of Structures Are Both Pseudo-elementary and Definable by an Infinitary Sentence?
When classes of structures are not first-order definable, we might still try to find a nice description. There are two common ways for doing this. One is to expand the language, leading to notions of pseudo-elementary classes, and the other is to allow infinite conjuncts and disjuncts. In this paper...
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Veröffentlicht in: | arXiv.org 2020-04 |
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Zusammenfassung: | When classes of structures are not first-order definable, we might still try to find a nice description. There are two common ways for doing this. One is to expand the language, leading to notions of pseudo-elementary classes, and the other is to allow infinite conjuncts and disjuncts. In this paper we examine the intersection. Namely, we address the question: Which classes of structures are both pseudo-elementary and \(\mathcal{L}_{\omega_1 \omega}\)-elementary? We find that these are exactly the classes that can be defined by an infinitary formula that has no infinitary disjunctions. |
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ISSN: | 2331-8422 |