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Arbitrarily large finite models imply an infinite model
Statement
In ZF, a sentence theory in an explicitly countable language with arbitrarily large finite models has an infinite model. “Arbitrarily large” means that for every natural number it has a finite model of size at least .
Facts & Assumptions
Given: The stated countable language and finite-model hypothesis.
Finite satisfiability in an explicitly countable language implies existence of a nonempty model. (Compactness for explicitly countable languages)
Proof
Add distinct new constant symbols for and put . This language remains explicitly countable by tagging old symbol codes and the indices of the new constants. A finite subset of mentions only finitely many new constants, say distinct ones. Take a finite model of of size at least , interpret these constants by distinct elements, and interpret unused constants at one fixed element. The resulting expansion satisfies the fragment. This uses only one finite model and finitely many choices for this fragment.
F1 gives a model . Its interpretation map is injective, because every inequality is in . Thus its carrier is infinite. The reduct to the original language still satisfies every sentence of , and has the same carrier, so it is the required infinite model.
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Sources
- Moschovakis, Corollary 1J.2 p44; Weiss–D’Mello, Theorem 2 pp14–15, constant-inequality proof. (standard reference, not scraped)