Abstract
We give an example of two ordered structures M,N in the same language L with the same universe, the same order and admitting the same one-variable definable subsets such that M is a model of the common theory of o-minimal L-structures and N admits a definable, closed, bounded, and discrete subset and a definable injective self-mapping of that subset which is not surjective. This answers negatively two question by Schoutens; the first being whether there is an axiomatization of the common theory of o-minimal structures in a given language by conditions on one-variable definable sets alone. The second being whether definable completeness and type completeness imply the pigeonhole principle. It also partially answers a question by Fornasiero asking whether definable completeness of an expansion of a real closed field implies the pigeonhole principle.
| Original language | English |
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| Pages (from-to) | 577-599 |
| Number of pages | 23 |
| Journal | Journal of Symbolic Logic |
| Volume | 86 |
| Issue number | 2 |
| DOIs | |
| State | Published - 1 Jun 2021 |
Keywords
- definably complete
- o-minimalism
- pigeonhole principle
- pseudo-o-minimal
- type complete
ASJC Scopus subject areas
- Philosophy
- Logic