The definable-set lifting conjecture for the Schröder–Bernstein property

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Let TT be a complete theory, let M⊨TM\models T, and let φ(xˉ)\varphi(\bar{x}) be a formula of TT. Let T′T' be the theory of the structure φ(M)\varphi(M) equipped with all the definable structure induced from MM.

Definable-set lifting conjecture. If T′T' does not have the Schröder–Bernstein property, then TT does not have the Schröder–Bernstein property.

The conjecture asks whether failure of the property on a definable set can always be lifted to failure for the whole theory. The paper explains that the naive lifting of bi-embeddable nonisomorphic models is technically difficult, and gives no resolution.

References

Primary source

John Goodrick, “When does elementary bi-embeddability imply isomorphism?”, arXiv:0705.1849 (2007).

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