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Published online by Cambridge University Press: 26 August 2025
Let $\mathcal {M}=(M,<,+, \dots )$ be a weakly o-minimal non-valuational structure expanding an ordered group. We show that the full first-order theory
$\operatorname {\mathrm {Th}}(\mathcal {M})$ has definable Skolem functions if and only if isolated types in
$S_{n}^{\mathcal M}(A)$ are dense for each
$ A\subseteq M $ and
$ n\in \mathbb {N} $. Using this, we prove that no strictly weakly o-minimal non-valuational expansion of an ordered group has definable Skolem functions, thereby answering Conjecture 1.7 of Eleftheriou et al. (On definable Skolem functions in weakly o-minimal non-valuational structures. J. Symb. Logic, vol. 82 (2017), no. 4).