{"title":"The Number of Countable Models of a Complete Theory and of Its Inessential Extension","authors":"K. Zh. Kudaibergenov","doi":"10.1007/s10469-025-09789-y","DOIUrl":null,"url":null,"abstract":"<p>It is proved that (<i>a</i>) there exists a complete countable theory having 2<sup><i>ω</i></sup> countable models, some inessential extension of which has <i>ω</i> countable models, and that (<i>b</i>) there exists a complete countable theory having 2<sup><i>ω</i></sup> countable models, some inessential extension of which has finitely many countable models. This gives an answer to the question of A. D. Taimanov.</p>","PeriodicalId":7422,"journal":{"name":"Algebra and Logic","volume":"63 4","pages":"258 - 269"},"PeriodicalIF":0.6000,"publicationDate":"2025-09-05","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":"0","resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":null,"PeriodicalName":"Algebra and Logic","FirstCategoryId":"100","ListUrlMain":"https://link.springer.com/article/10.1007/s10469-025-09789-y","RegionNum":3,"RegionCategory":"数学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":null,"EPubDate":"","PubModel":"","JCR":"Q4","JCRName":"LOGIC","Score":null,"Total":0}
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Abstract
It is proved that (a) there exists a complete countable theory having 2ω countable models, some inessential extension of which has ω countable models, and that (b) there exists a complete countable theory having 2ω countable models, some inessential extension of which has finitely many countable models. This gives an answer to the question of A. D. Taimanov.
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This bimonthly journal publishes results of the latest research in the areas of modern general algebra and of logic considered primarily from an algebraic viewpoint. The algebraic papers, constituting the major part of the contents, are concerned with studies in such fields as ordered, almost torsion-free, nilpotent, and metabelian groups; isomorphism rings; Lie algebras; Frattini subgroups; and clusters of algebras. In the area of logic, the periodical covers such topics as hierarchical sets, logical automata, and recursive functions.
Algebra and Logic is a translation of ALGEBRA I LOGIKA, a publication of the Siberian Fund for Algebra and Logic and the Institute of Mathematics of the Siberian Branch of the Russian Academy of Sciences.
All articles are peer-reviewed.