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The existence of an algebra whose set of identities and first order theory are equivalent
I imagine that definitions of $Mod, Th, Var$ and so on have not changed since I saw them decades ago. The trivial one element algebra in any finite type (and likely any infinite type) is an easy exam …
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What are the most attractive Turing undecidable problems in mathematics?
Let a finite structure be a finite underlying set A
along with a finite set of finitary operation from A to
itself. Such creatures are called algebras in the
study of universal algebra, and one su …
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What do you do if you believe a problem is undecidable?
Joel David Hamkins has given a good answer in the case of (2), where a certain notion when expressed formally in the language of a theory $T$ (and also the negation of this notion) may not be provable …
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Using the multiverse approach to decide the law of the exluded middle?
I offer a different perspective on the question, which I hope will be found
useful.
One view of logic is strongly syntactic: develop a language, and develop
rules for manipulating this language and …
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Strong induction without a base case
I posted an answer on sci.math.research recently where I used induction with a base case, and then thought I could use strong induction instead. Later another poster came up with a nice argument that …