Published online by Cambridge University Press: 12 March 2014
We prove that the logics of Magidor-Malitz and their generalization by Rubin are distinct even for PC classes.
Let M ⊨ Qnx1 … xnφ(x1 … xn) mean that there is an uncountable subset A of ∣M∣ such that for every a1 …, an ∈ A, M ⊨ φ[a1, …, an].
Theorem 1.1 (Shelah) (♢ℵ1). For every n ∈ ωthe classKn+1 = {‹A, R› ∣ ‹A, R› ⊨ ¬ Qn+1x1 … xn+1R(x1, …, xn+1)} is not an ℵ0-PC-class in the logic ℒn, obtained by closing first order logic underQ1, …, Qn. I.e. for no countable ℒn-theory T, isKn+1the class of reducts of the models of T.
Theorem 1.2 (Rubin) (♢ℵ1). Let M ⊨ QE x yφ(x, y) mean that there is A ⊆ ∣M∣ such thatEA, φ = {‹a, b› ∣ a, b ∈ A and M ⊨ φ[a, b]) is an equivalence relation on A with uncountably many equivalence classes, and such that each equivalence class is uncountable. Let KE = {‹A, R› ∣ ‹A, R› ⊨ ¬ QExyR(x, y)}. Then KE is not an ℵ0-PC-class in the logic gotten by closing first order logic under the set of quantifiers {Qn ∣ n ∈ ω) which were defined in Theorem 1.1.
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