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Definability in number fields

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  12 March 2014

S. P. Tung
S. P. Tung*
Affiliation:
Department of Mathematics, Chung Yuan Christian University, Chung Li, Taiwan 32023, Republic of China
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Abstract

We study the sets definable in an algebraic number field by first order formulas of various simple types, showing in particular that N and Z do not have very simple definitions.

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The Journal of Symbolic Logic , Volume 52 , Issue 1 , March 1987 , pp. 152 - 155
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Copyright © Association for Symbolic Logic 1987

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I am very grateful to the referee for his help in making this paper readable.

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