Solution

ID: past-exam-of-the-model-theory-course-of-the-university-of-oxford/2011/1/b/i/alpha/solution

Yes. In the additive first-order structure, the quantifier-free formula
holds exactly at zero, because cancellation in the additive group gives . This first-order formula uses only the permitted function symbol and equality; it does not require a constant symbol for zero.

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