The model theory of residue rings of models of Peano Arithmetic: The prime power case

Abstract

In \cite{MacResField} the second author gave a systematic analysis of definability and decidability for rings $\mathcal M/p\mathcal M$, where $\mathcal M$ is a model of Peano Arithmetic and $p$ is a prime in $\mathcal M$. In the present paper we extend those results to the more difficult case of $\mathcal M/p^k\mathcal M$, where $\mathcal M$ is a model of Peano Arithmetic, $p$ is a prime in $\mathcal M$, and $k>1$. In \cite{MacResField} work of Ax on finite fields was used, here we use in addition work of Ax on ultraproduct of $p$-adics.