Definability of initial segments (Q1430996)

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    Definability of initial segments (English)
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    27 May 2004
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    Let \(L\) be a first-order countable language, \(M\) an \(L\)-structure and \(P\) a unary second-order variable. A subset \(A\) of \(M\) is called implicitly definable in \(M\) if there exists an \((L \cup \{P\})\)-sentence \(\phi(P)\) with parameters such that \(A\) is the unique solution to \(\phi(P)\), i.e., \(\{A\}=\{B \subseteq M : M \models \phi(B)\}\). The main result states that there is a model of the Peano arithmetic in which the standard part is implicitly definable.
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    Peano arithmetic
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    nonstandard model
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    definability
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    absoluteness
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