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Finite axiomatizability with infinitely many scalar symbols

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No finite theory in the full language containing one function symbol for each scalar of an infinite field can axiomatize exactly its nonzero vector spaces. It mentions only finitely many symbols; changing an unused scalar function to violate preservation of zero leaves those finite sentences unchanged. Relative to the vector-space axiom schema, nonzeroness is instead the single axiom ∃x(x=0). Absolute finite axiomatizability and finite additional axiomatizability must be distinguished.

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