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Past exam of the model theory and Gödel's incompleteness theorems course of the University of Oxford 2008 B 8 ii f Solution by
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Reuse the complete free-bijection theory from part (e). Quantifier elimination shows that every one-variable atomic statement is already decided by the no-finite-cycle axioms. Thus there is exactly one complete one-type, isolated by .
For two logical variables, each integer gives a different complete type isolated byThere is also the complete typesaying that the two elements lie in different orbits. These exhaust the possibilities by quantifier elimination. In particularThe last complete type is a nonprincipal complete type. Any logical formula uses only finitely many integer offsets after quantifier elimination; a pair in a single orbit with a sufficiently different offset agrees with a different-orbit pair on those tests. Hence no single logical formula can isolate .
The one-orbit first-order model omits , while a two-orbit first-order model realizes it. This illustrates the omitting types theorem and shows concretely why finitely many complete one-types alone cannot replace the all-arities condition in Ryll-Nardzewski.
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