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Past exam of the mathematics course of the University of Cambridge 2015 iii Paper 23 5 f Solution by
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Use the countable-language hypothesis of the omitting types theorem, which is the usual convention for this prime-model result. Let be a prime model of and .
First, is complete up to logical consequence: every model receives an elementary embedding of , so it satisfies exactly the same sentences as . We may therefore replace by without changing its model class or the prime model property.
Suppose were not isolated. The omitting types theorem, applied to this single complete type, would produce omitting . By primality choose an elementary embedding . For every ,Then realizes , contradicting omission. ConsequentlyThe same proof applies to every finite tuple, giving an atomic model. Countability of the language is a hypothesis of this argument, not a restriction on parameter sets in the separate parts (a) and (d). The PDF does not state that standing hypothesis explicitly; it must be included when invoking this version of the theorem.
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