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The quantifier elimination problem for rings without nilpotent elements and for semi-simple rings

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Boffa, M., Macintyre, A., Point, F. (1980). The quantifier elimination problem for rings without nilpotent elements and for semi-simple rings. In: Pacholski, L., Wierzejewski, J., Wilkie, A.J. (eds) Model Theory of Algebra and Arithmetic. Lecture Notes in Mathematics, vol 834. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/BFb0090158

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