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On Hanf numbers of the infinitary order property

Rami Grossberg, Saharon Shelah

math.LOarXiv:math/9809196

Abstract

We study several cardinal, and ordinal--valued functions that are relatives of Hanf numbers. Let kappa be an infinite cardinal, and let T subseteq Lkappa+, omega be a theory of cardinality <= kappa, and let gamma be an ordinal >= kappa+. For example we look at (1) muT*(gamma, kappa):= min mu* for all phi in Linfinity, omega, with rk(phi)< gamma, if T has the (phi, mu*)-order property then there exists a formula phi'(x;y) in Lkappa+, omega, such that for every chi >= kappa, T has the (phi', chi)-order property; and (2) mu*(gamma, kappa):= supmuT*(gamma, kappa)| T in Lkappa+,omega.

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