In model theory, a mathematical discipline, a β-model (from the French "bon ordre", well-ordering[1]) is a model which is correct about statements of the form "X is well-ordered". The term was introduced by Mostowski (1959)[2][3] as a strengthening of the notion of ω-model. In contrast to the notation for set-theoretic properties named by ordinals, such as -indescribability, the letter β here is only denotational.

In set theory

It is a consequence of Shoenfield's absoluteness theorem that the constructible universe L is a β-model.

In analysis

β-models appear in the study of the reverse mathematics of subsystems of second-order arithmetic. In this context, a β-model of a subsystem of second-order arithmetic is a model M where for any Σ11 formula with parameters from M, iff .[4]p. 243 Every β-model of second-order arithmetic is also an ω-model, since working within the model we can prove that < is a well-ordering, so < really is a well-ordering of the natural numbers of the model.[2]

There is an incompleteness theorem for β-models: if T is a recursively axiomatizable theory in the language of second-order arithmetic, analogously to how there is a model of T+"there is no model of T" if there is a model of T, there is a β-model of T+"there are no countable coded β-models of T" if there is a β-model of T. A similar theorem holds for βn-models for any natural number .[5]

Axioms based on β-models provide a natural finer division of the strengths of subsystems of second-order arithmetic, and also provide a way to formulate reflection principles. For example, over , is equivalent to the statement "for all [of second-order sort], there exists a countable β-model M such that .[4]p. 253 (Countable ω-models are represented by their sets of integers, and their satisfaction is formalizable in the language of analysis by an inductive definition.) Also, the theory extending KP with a canonical axiom schema for a recursively Mahlo universe (often called )[6] is logically equivalent to the theory Δ1
2
-CA+BI+(Every true Π1
3
-formula is satisfied by a β-model of Δ1
2
-CA).[7]

Additionally, there's a connection between β-models and the hyperjump, provably in : for all sets of integers, has a hyperjump iff there exists a countable β-model such that .[4]p. 251

References

  1. C. Smoryński, "Nonstandard Models and Related Developments" (p. 189). From Harvey Friedman's Research on the Foundations of Mathematics (1985), Studies in Logic and the Foundations of Mathematics vol. 117.
  2. 1 2 K. R. Apt, W. Marek, "Second-order Arithmetic and Some Related Topics" (1973), p. 181
  3. J.-Y. Girard, Proof Theory and Logical Complexity (1987), Part III: Π21-proof theory, p. 206
  4. 1 2 3 S. G. Simpson, Subsystems of Second-Order Arithmetic (2009)
  5. C. Mummert, S. G. Simpson, "An Incompleteness Theorem for βn-Models", 2004. Accessed 22 October 2023.
  6. M. Rathjen, Proof theoretic analysis of KPM (1991), p.381. Archive for Mathematical Logic, Springer-Verlag. Accessed 28 February 2023.
  7. M. Rathjen, Admissible proof theory and beyond, Logic, Methodology and Philosophy of Science IX (Elsevier, 1994). Accessed 2022-12-04.


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