Undecidable theories in stationary logic

Seese, Detlef; Tuschik, Peter; Weese, Martin

doi:10.1090/S0002-9939-1982-0643750-3

Undecidable theories in stationary logic
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Proc. Amer. Math. Soc. 84 (1982), 563-567 Request permission

Abstract:

It is shown that the theories of the following classes become undecidable in stationary logic: Well orderings with one unary predicate, linear orderings, and Boolean algebras. This is done by interpreting the theory of symmetric reflexive graphs.

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