Disjoint $n$-amalgamation and pseudofinite countably categorical theories
Abstract
Disjoint -amalgamation is a condition on a complete first-order theory specifying that certain locally consistent families of types are also globally consistent. In this paper, we show that if a countably categorical theory admits an expansion with disjoint -amalgamation for all , then is pseudofinite. All theories which admit an expansion with disjoint -amalgamation for all are simple, but the method can be extended, using filtrations of Fra\"iss\'e classes, to show that certain non-simple theories are pseudofinite. As case studies, we examine two generic theories of equivalence relations, and , and show that both are pseudofinite. The theories and are not simple, but they are NSOP. This is established here for for the first time.
Cite
@article{arxiv.1510.03539,
title = {Disjoint $n$-amalgamation and pseudofinite countably categorical theories},
author = {Alex Kruckman},
journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:1510.03539},
year = {2019}
}
Comments
revised version, to appear in Notre Dame Journal of Formal Logic