4 papers
math.LO2022
Finite Undecidability in Fields II: PAC, PRC and PpC Fields
Brian Tyrrell
A field in a ring language is finitely undecidable if $\mbox{Cons}(Σ)$ is undecidable for every nonempty finite $Σ\subseteq \mbox{Th}(K; \mathcal{L})$. We adapt a…
math.LO2022
Finite Undecidability in Fields I: NIP Fields
Brian Tyrrell
A field in a ring language is finitely undecidable if $\mbox{Cons}(Σ)$ is undecidable for every nonempty finite $Σ\subseteq \mbox{Th}(K; \mathcal{L})$. We extend…
math.LO2019
A Note on Hilbert's "Geometric" Tenth Problem
Brian Tyrrell
This paper explores undecidability in theories of positive characteristic function fields in the "geometric" language of rings , with a unary…
math.LO2019
A New Universal Definition of in
Brian Tyrrell
This paper gives a universal definition of in using 89 quantifiers, more direct than those that exist in the current literature. The language…