Categorical Horn classes. II (Q541986)

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    Categorical Horn classes. II
    scientific article; zbMATH DE number 5905265

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      Categorical Horn classes. II (English)
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      8 June 2011
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      A class of structures is called a Horn class if it is axiomatizable and closed under taking reduced products. The paper under review is a continuation of Part I, published a long time ago [Algebra Logic 19, 377--400 (1981); translation from Algebra Logika 19, 582--614 (1980; Zbl 0491.03011)]. A characterization of uncountably categorical Horn classes is obtained which implies that the classes in question have the property of being model-complete. There are also the following results: quantifier elimination down to primitive formulas, a description of groups interpretable in models of categorical Horn theories, and a description of groups interpretable in models of almost strongly minimal Horn theories. The author proves (contrary to his intention claimed in the paper mentioned above) that there exists a categorical Horn class of structures which cannot be extended to an almost strongly minimal primitive normal class, and to a categorical quasivariety in particular.
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      categorical Horn classes
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      model completeness, quantifier elimination down to primitive formulas
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      interpretability
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