Abstract:
We consider algebras of finite subsets under the assumption that the
original algebra is an infinite groupoid.
For linear spaces over fields of finite characteristic,
we prove that the finite subsets algebra is algorithmically equivalent to the first-order arithmetic.
We also generalize this result to arbitrary infinite Abelian groups.
As a corollary, for many classes of original algebras
such as Abelian groups, arbitrary groups, monoids, semigroups, and general groupoids,
if we consider the corresponding class of all algebras of finite subsets, it is shown
that the theory of the last class has degree of undecidability
not smaller than the first-order arithmetic.
This also proves that
the theories of such classes have no recursive axiomatization.
For Abelian groups of finite exponent,
we show that the theories of the subalgebra lattices are algorithmically undecidable
and have no recursive axiomatization;
also, for the class of such lattices for groups, monoids, or semigroups,
we show that the theory of this class is also undecidable and has no recursive axiomatization.
Keywords:algorithmic undecidability, first-order arithmetic, recursive axiomatizability, linear space, subalgebra lattice.