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Past exam of the model theory and Gödel's incompleteness theorems course of the University of Oxford 2008 B 7 iii Solution by
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Every integer is definable without parameters in the ring first-order language. For , use ; for , use . For a finite tuple , the conjunction of these coordinate logical formulas uniquely defines that tuple in .
If belongs to its complete type, the first-order sentenceis true in , since there is only the specified tuple to check. It therefore belongs to . The logical formula is first-order consistent with , since it is realized in , and implies every member of the partial type modulo . Hence every complete type realized in is a principal complete type, isolated by its tuple-defining logical formula.
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