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THE COMPLEXITY OF SCOTT SENTENCES OF SCATTERED LINEAR ORDERS
Published online by Cambridge University Press: 23 October 2020
Abstract
We calculate the complexity of Scott sentences of scattered linear orders. Given a countable scattered linear order L of Hausdorff rank
$\alpha $
we show that it has a
${d\text {-}\Sigma _{2\alpha +1}}$
Scott sentence. It follows from results of Ash [2] that for every countable
$\alpha $
there is a linear order whose optimal Scott sentence has this complexity. Therefore, our bounds are tight. We furthermore show that every Hausdorff rank 1 linear order has an optimal
${\Pi ^{\mathrm {c}}_{3}}$
or
${d\text {-}\Sigma ^{\mathrm {c}}_{3}}$
Scott sentence and give a characterization of those linear orders of rank
$1$
with
${\Pi ^{\mathrm {c}}_{3}}$
optimal Scott sentences. At last we show that for all countable
$\alpha $
the class of Hausdorff rank
$\alpha $
linear orders is
$\boldsymbol {\Sigma }_{2\alpha +2}$
complete and obtain analogous results for index sets of computable linear orders.
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