A Model Theoretic Perspective on Matrix Rings

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Hauptverfasser: Klep, Igor, Tressl, Marcus
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author Klep, Igor
Tressl, Marcus
author_facet Klep, Igor
Tressl, Marcus
contents In this paper natural necessary and sufficient conditions for quantifier elimination of matrix rings $M_n(K)$ in the language of rings expanded by two unary functions, naming the trace and transposition, are identified. This is used together with invariant theory to prove quantifier elimination when $K$ is an intersection of real closed fields. On the other hand, it is shown that finding a natural \textit{definable} expansion with quantifier elimination of the theory of $M_n({\mathbb C})$ is closely related to the infamous simultaneous conjugacy problem in matrix theory. Finally, for various natural structures describing dimension-free matrices it is shown that no such elimination results can hold by establishing undecidability results.
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spellingShingle A Model Theoretic Perspective on Matrix Rings
Klep, Igor
Tressl, Marcus
Logic
Rings and Algebras
03C10, 16R30, 16W22, 15A21
In this paper natural necessary and sufficient conditions for quantifier elimination of matrix rings $M_n(K)$ in the language of rings expanded by two unary functions, naming the trace and transposition, are identified. This is used together with invariant theory to prove quantifier elimination when $K$ is an intersection of real closed fields. On the other hand, it is shown that finding a natural \textit{definable} expansion with quantifier elimination of the theory of $M_n({\mathbb C})$ is closely related to the infamous simultaneous conjugacy problem in matrix theory. Finally, for various natural structures describing dimension-free matrices it is shown that no such elimination results can hold by establishing undecidability results.
title A Model Theoretic Perspective on Matrix Rings
topic Logic
Rings and Algebras
03C10, 16R30, 16W22, 15A21
url https://arxiv.org/abs/1810.09024