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sav08:preliminary_discussion_on_models [2008/03/20 11:22]
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sav08:preliminary_discussion_on_models [2008/03/20 11:23]
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 ====== Model Sizes ====== ====== Model Sizes ======
  
-We saw: if formula has a model of some size, it has many models of same size, from [[Isomorphisms ​of Interpretations]].+We saw: if formula has a model of some size, it has many models of same size, from [[Isomorphism ​of Interpretations]].
  
 Are there first-order formulas that have only finite models? Are there first-order formulas that have only finite models?
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 What is the cardinality of the models we need to consider? ​ There are many useful models whose domains is not a [[countable set]]. What is the cardinality of the models we need to consider? ​ There are many useful models whose domains is not a [[countable set]].
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 +Difficulty in checking $\models S$: there are infinitely many models, of arbitrarily large cardinalities.
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 +Goal: show that if a set $S$ of formulas has a model, then it has a particular kind, and this model is countable.
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