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arxiv: 1602.01156 · v2 · pith:5SVISUK4new · submitted 2016-02-02 · 🧮 math.LO

Hanf Number for Scott Sentences of Computable Structures

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The Hanf number for a set $S$ of sentences in $L_{\omega_1,\omega}$ (or some other logic) is the least infinite cardinal $\kappa$ such that for all $\varphi\in S$, if $\varphi$ has models in all infinite cardinalities less than $\kappa$, then it has models of all infinite cardinalities. S-D. Friedman asked what is the Hanf number for Scott sentences of computable structures. We show that the value is $\beth_{\omega_1^{CK}}$. The same argument proves that $\beth_{\omega_1^{CK}}$ is the Hanf number for Scott sentences of hyperarithmetical structures.

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