Past exam of the mathematics course of the University of Cambridge 2023 iii Paper 144 4 b Solution 2026-09-28
Let be a finite partial elementary map in . In a countable language, the algebraic closures of finite sets are countable. An alternating back-and-forth construction extends to an isomorphismAt each step, an element algebraic over the current domain has a finite algebraic type, and elementarity provides a matching realization on the other side.
Choose a basis of a pregeometry over the first closed set and a basis of a pregeometry over the second. The dimension of a pregeometry is the same for the two extensions: the isomorphism preserves the finite ranks already contributed by and , while both sides have the same ambient dimension. Choose a bijection . Part (a) and uniqueness of the generic type in a strongly minimal theory make the enlarged map elementary. Since an elementary submodel is algebraically closed in the monster,and the map extends over algebraic closure to an automorphism of . Thus every finite partial elementary map extends to an automorphism: every model is homogeneous, as stated in homogeneity of models of a countable strongly minimal theory.