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A countable nonstandard model has an element above all numerals

Statement

In ZF there is an at most countable nonempty model M of Th⁡(N) in the fixed language (0,S,<) and an element b∈M such that M⊨n‾<b for every standard n<ω. The reduct M is not isomorphic to the standard structure N=(ω,0,S,<).

Facts & Assumptions

Given: The standard natural-number structure and its externally defined sentence theory.

[F1]

The language, complete semantic theory and numerals 0‾=0, n+1‾=S(n‾) are those of Nonstandard models of the complete natural-number theory.

[F2]

A finitely satisfiable explicitly countable theory has an at most countable model. (Compactness for explicitly countable languages)

Proof

1.1F1

Add one fresh constant c and put T∗=Th⁡(N)∪{n‾<c:n<ω}. For a finite subset, let m be the largest index in its inequalities if any occur, and interpret c by m+1 in N. Then each required inequality is n<m+1, true since n≤m; every included sentence of the complete theory is true by definition. If no inequality occurs, interpret c by 0. Thus every finite subset has a model in the countable expanded signature.

2.1F2step 1.1

F2 gives an at most countable N⊨T∗. Let M be its original-language reduct and b=cN. Reducts keep all interpretations of the old symbols, so M⊨Th⁡(N) and M⊨n‾<b for every n.

3.1F1step 2.1∎

If h:N→M were an isomorphism, preservation of 0 gives h(0)=0M, and preservation of S inductively gives h(n)=n‾M. Surjectivity would give b=h(k)=k‾M for some k. But step 2.1 would then say b<b, contradicting M⊨∀x¬(x<x), a sentence true in N and therefore in its theory. Hence no isomorphism exists.

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