A two-cardinal theorem for homogeneous sets and the elimination of Malitz quantifiers

Rothmaler, Philipp; Tuschik, Peter

doi:10.1090/S0002-9947-1982-0637038-9

A two-cardinal theorem for homogeneous sets and the elimination of Malitz quantifiers
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Trans. Amer. Math. Soc. 269 (1982), 273-283 Request permission

Abstract:

Sufficient conditions for the eliminability of Malitz quantifiers in a complete first order theory are given. Proving that certain superstable and not $\omega$-stable theories satisfy these conditions, a question of Baldwin and Kueker is answered negatively.

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Elimination of cardinality quantifiers