Types realized in finite structures are principal

ID: types-realized-in-finite-structures-are-principal

Fix a tuple in a finite first-order structure. For every tuple of a different complete type, choose a logical formula true at the first tuple and false at the competitor. The finite conjunction selects only tuples of the desired partial type inside the first-order structure. Every implication from that conjunction to a member of the partial type is true in the first-order structure and hence belongs to its complete theory. Thus the conjunction isolates the partial type, even in an infinite first-order language.

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