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Past exam of the mathematics course of the University of Cambridge 2019 iii Paper 144 4 a Solution by
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Let and take a formula over . Since is a strongly minimal theory, the set is finite or cofinite. If holds, it cannot be finite because , so it is cofinite. Elementarity of makes cofinite. Its finite complement is algebraic over , so lies in the set. Applying the same argument to gives the reverse implication. Hence is elementary: both elements realize the generic type in a strongly minimal theory over the corresponding domains.
If models have bases of the same dimension of a pregeometry, choose a bijection . Repeated use of the one-point result makes it elementary on every finite subset and hence on . Every model is the algebraic closure of a basis. Extending the map back and forth across algebraic elements produces an isomorphism . Thus models of a strongly minimal theory with the same dimension are isomorphic.
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