We solve a longstanding question of Rosenstein, and
make progress toward solving a long-standing open problem in the area of
computable linear orderings by showing that every computable η-like
linear ordering without an infinite strongly η-like interval has a
computable copy without nontrivial computable self-embedding.
The precise characterization of those computable linear orderings which have
computable copies without nontrivial computable self-embedding remains open.
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