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We consider positively existentially definable sets in the structure 〈ℤ; 1, +, ⊥〉 It is well known that the elementary theory of this structure is undecidable while the existential theory is decidable. We show that after the extension of the signature with the unary '-' functional symbol, binary symbols for dis-equality ≠ and GCD(·, ·) = d for every fixed positive integer d, every positive existential formula in this extended language is equivalent in ℤ to some positive quantifier-free formula. Then we get some corollaries from the main result. The binary order ≤ and dis-coprimeness ⊥ relations are not positively existentially definable in the structure 〈ℤ; 1, +, ⊥〉. Every positively existentially definable set in the structure 〈N; S, ⊥〉 is quantifier-free definable in 〈N; S, ≠, 0, ⊥〉. We also get a decidable fragment of the undecidable ∀∃-Theory of the structure 〈ℤ; 1, +, ≤, |〉, where | is a binary predicate symbol for the integer divisibility relation.

Original languageEnglish
Title of host publicationISSAC 2021 - Proceedings of the 2021 International Symposium on Symbolic and Algebraic Computation
PublisherAssociation for Computing Machinery
Pages353–360
Number of pages8
ISBN (Electronic)9781450383820
DOIs
StatePublished - 18 Jul 2021
EventISSAC 2021 International Symposium on Symbolic and Algebraic Computation - EIMI, Санкт-Петербург, Russian Federation
Duration: 18 Jul 202123 Jul 2021
Conference number: 46
https://issac-conference.org/2021/

Publication series

NameProceedings of the International Symposium on Symbolic and Algebraic Computation, ISSAC

Conference

ConferenceISSAC 2021 International Symposium on Symbolic and Algebraic Computation
Abbreviated titleISSAC 2021
Country/TerritoryRussian Federation
CityСанкт-Петербург
Period18/07/2123/07/21
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    Research areas

  • chinese remainder theorem, coprimeness, decidability, existential definability, quantifier elimination

    Scopus subject areas

  • Mathematics(all)

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