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<journal-id>0034-7426</journal-id>
<journal-title><![CDATA[Revista Colombiana de Matemáticas]]></journal-title>
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<article-title xml:lang="en"><![CDATA[Algebraic closure in continuous logic]]></article-title>
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<surname><![CDATA[WARD HENSON]]></surname>
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<surname><![CDATA[TÉLLEZ]]></surname>
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<institution><![CDATA[,University of Illinois Department of Mathematics ]]></institution>
<addr-line><![CDATA[Urbana-Champaign ]]></addr-line>
<country>USA</country>
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<institution><![CDATA[,University of Illinois Department of Mathematics ]]></institution>
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<day>29</day>
<month>10</month>
<year>2007</year>
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<day>29</day>
<month>10</month>
<year>2007</year>
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<volume>41</volume>
<fpage>279</fpage>
<lpage>285</lpage>
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<self-uri xlink:href="http://www.scielo.org.co/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&amp;pid=S0034-74262007000300010&amp;lng=en&amp;nrm=iso"></self-uri><self-uri xlink:href="http://www.scielo.org.co/scielo.php?script=sci_abstract&amp;pid=S0034-74262007000300010&amp;lng=en&amp;nrm=iso"></self-uri><self-uri xlink:href="http://www.scielo.org.co/scielo.php?script=sci_pdf&amp;pid=S0034-74262007000300010&amp;lng=en&amp;nrm=iso"></self-uri><abstract abstract-type="short" xml:lang="en"><p><![CDATA[We study the algebraic closure construction for metric structures in the setting of continuous first order logic. We give several characterizations of algebraicity, and we prove basic properties analogous to ones that algebraic closure satisfies in classical first order logic.]]></p></abstract>
<abstract abstract-type="short" xml:lang="es"><p><![CDATA[Estudiamos la construcción de la clausura algebraica para estructuras métricas en el contexto de la lógica continua de primer orden. Damos varias caracterizaciones de algebricidad y probamos propiedades básicas análogas a aquellas que satisface la clausura algebraica en lógica clásica de primer orden.]]></p></abstract>
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<kwd lng="en"><![CDATA[Continuous logic]]></kwd>
<kwd lng="en"><![CDATA[metric structures]]></kwd>
<kwd lng="en"><![CDATA[algebraic closure]]></kwd>
<kwd lng="es"><![CDATA[Lógica continua]]></kwd>
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</front><body><![CDATA[   <font face="verdana" size="2">      <p><b><font size="4">    <center>Algebraic closure in continuous logic</center></font></b></p>      <center>C. WARD HENSON<sup>1</sup>, HERNANDO T&Eacute;LLEZ<sup>2</sup></center>    <br>  <sup>1</sup>Department of Mathematics, University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign, USA. E-mail: <a href="mailto:henson@math.uiuc.edu"> henson@math.uiuc.edu</a>    <br>  <sup>2</sup>Department of Mathematics, University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign, USA. E-mail: <a href="mailto:htellez@math.uiuc.edu">htellez@math.uiuc.edu</a></p>  <hr size=1>      <p><b>    <center>Abstract</center></b></p>      <p align="justify"> We study the algebraic closure construction for metric structures in the setting of continuous first order logic. We give several characterizations of algebraicity, and we prove basic properties analogous to ones that algebraic closure satisfies in classical first order logic. </p>      <p><b>Key words:</b> Continuous logic, metric structures, algebraic closure. </p>  <hr size=1> <i>2000 Mathematics Subject Classification: Primary: 0C3xx. Secondary: 03C90, 03B50.</i> <hr size=1>      ]]></body>
<body><![CDATA[<p><b>    <center>Resumen</center></b></p>      <p align="justify"> Estudiamos la construcción de la clausura algebraica para estructuras métricas en el contexto de la lógica continua de primer orden. Damos varias caracterizaciones de algebricidad y probamos propiedades básicas análogas a aquellas que satisface la clausura algebraica en lógica clásica de primer orden. </p>      <p><b>Palabras clave:</b> L&oacute;gica continua, estructuras m&eacute;tricas, clausura algebraica.</p>  <hr size=1>      <p>Texto completo disponible en <a href="pdf/rcm/v41s1/v41s1a10.pdf">PDF</a></p>  <hr size=1>      <p><b><font size="3">References</font></b></p>      <!-- ref --><p> 1 I. Ben Yaacov, A. Berenstein, C. W. Henson, & A. Usvyatsov, Model theory for metric structures, 109 pages, to appear in a Newton Institute volume, <i>Lecture Notes series of the London Mathematical Society</i>, Cambridge University Press. &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;[&#160;<a href="javascript:void(0);" onclick="javascript: window.open('/scielo.php?script=sci_nlinks&ref=000019&pid=S0034-7426200700030001000001&lng=','','width=640,height=500,resizable=yes,scrollbars=1,menubar=yes,');">Links</a>&#160;]<!-- end-ref --><!-- ref --><p> 2 I. Ben Yaacov, Simplicity in compact abstract theories. <i>Journal of Symbolic Logic</i>, <b>3</b> (2003) 2,163-191. &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;[&#160;<a href="javascript:void(0);" onclick="javascript: window.open('/scielo.php?script=sci_nlinks&ref=000020&pid=S0034-7426200700030001000002&lng=','','width=640,height=500,resizable=yes,scrollbars=1,menubar=yes,');">Links</a>&#160;]<!-- end-ref --><!-- ref --><p> 3 I. Ben Yaacov & A. Usvyatsov, Continuous first order logic and local stability, submitted. &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;[&#160;<a href="javascript:void(0);" onclick="javascript: window.open('/scielo.php?script=sci_nlinks&ref=000021&pid=S0034-7426200700030001000003&lng=','','width=640,height=500,resizable=yes,scrollbars=1,menubar=yes,');">Links</a>&#160;]<!-- end-ref --> ]]></body><back>
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