Sandy
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7/9/13
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Re: Free group on m generators elementary extension of the free group on n generators (n < m)?
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Jul 9, 2013 11:56 AM
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dullrich@sprynet.com wrote: > On Tue, 09 Jul 2013 11:39:00 +0100, Sandy <sandy@hotmail.invalid> > wrote: > >> For n, m natural numbers, n < m, let G be the free group on n generators >> and H the free group on m generators. Is H an elementary extension of G? > > Assuming that the generators for G are a subset of the generators > for H, so that H _is_ an extension of G: > > I've seen it said > > http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Free_group#Universal_property > > that any two free groups have the same first-order theory...
Thank you. That's a useful link, because here: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Free_group#Tarski.27s_problems, are references to the solution that Rupert McCallum mentioned (the Google page for Rupert's URL tells me I've exceeded my limit of something or other).
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