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Tarski's axioms

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Definition

The language has variables for points and two relations. The ternary relation B(x,y,z)B(x, y, z) reads "yy lies between xx and zz". The quaternary relation xy≡zwxy \equiv zw reads "the segment xyxy is congruent to the segment zwzw". Tarski's axioms are the following first-order sentences, each universally closed.

  1. Reflexivity of congruence: xy≡yxxy \equiv yx.
  2. Identity of congruence: if xy≡zzxy \equiv zz, then x=yx = y.
  3. Transitivity of congruence: if xy≡zuxy \equiv zu and xy≡vwxy \equiv vw, then zu≡vwzu \equiv vw.
  4. Identity of betweenness: if B(x,y,x)B(x, y, x), then x=yx = y.
  5. Pasch: if B(x,u,z)B(x, u, z) and B(y,v,z)B(y, v, z), then there is aa with B(u,a,y)B(u, a, y) and B(v,a,x)B(v, a, x).
  6. Continuity, a schema: let φ(x)\varphi(x) and ψ(y)\psi(y) be formulas in which aa and bb are not free. If some aa has B(a,x,y)B(a, x, y) whenever φ(x)\varphi(x) and ψ(y)\psi(y), then some bb has B(x,b,y)B(x, b, y) whenever φ(x)\varphi(x) and ψ(y)\psi(y).
  7. Lower dimension: there are a,b,ca, b, c such that none of B(a,b,c)B(a, b, c), B(b,c,a)B(b, c, a), B(c,a,b)B(c, a, b) holds.
  8. Upper dimension: if xu≡xvxu \equiv xv, yu≡yvyu \equiv yv, zu≡zvzu \equiv zv and u≠vu \ne v, then B(x,y,z)B(x, y, z) or B(y,z,x)B(y, z, x) or B(z,x,y)B(z, x, y).
  9. Euclid: if B(x,u,t)B(x, u, t), B(y,u,z)B(y, u, z) and x≠ux \ne u, then there are v,wv, w with B(x,y,v)B(x, y, v), B(x,z,w)B(x, z, w) and B(v,t,w)B(v, t, w).
  10. Five segments: if x≠yx \ne y, B(x,y,z)B(x, y, z), B(x′,y′,z′)B(x', y', z'), xy≡x′y′xy \equiv x'y', yz≡y′z′yz \equiv y'z', xu≡x′u′xu \equiv x'u' and yu≡y′u′yu \equiv y'u', then zu≡z′u′zu \equiv z'u'.
  11. Segment construction: for all x,y,a,bx, y, a, b there is zz with B(x,y,z)B(x, y, z) and yz≡abyz \equiv ab.

Remarks

Example: the plane ℝ2\R^2, with B(x,y,z)B(x, y, z) meaning that yy is on the closed segment [x,z][x, z] and xy≡zwxy \equiv zw meaning ∣x−y∣=∣z−w∣\abs{x - y} = \abs{z - w}, satisfies all eleven axioms. Non-example: the line ℝ\R with the same relations fails the lower dimension axiom, since of any three reals one lies between the other two. The models are exactly the planes K2K^2 over real closed fields KK, with the relations defined as in ℝ2\R^2. The theory they define is complete and decidable. Axiom 9 is a form of the parallel postulate; without it one gets an axiom system for absolute geometry.

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  1. Betweenness concept
  2. Complete theory concept
  3. Field concept
  4. Ordered field concept
  5. Rational numbers object
  6. Real numbers object
  7. Theory concept
  8. Quantifier elimination for real closed fields statement
  9. Real closed field example
  10. Tarski's axioms definition

Further reading

  1. Web https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tarski%27s_axioms
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