English

Existentially closed models of the theory of Artinian local rings

Commutative Algebra 2008-02-03 v1 Rings and Algebras

Abstract

The class of all Artinian local rings of length at most l is A_2-elementary, axiomatised by a finite set of axioms Art_l. We show that its existentially closed models are Gorenstein, of length exactly l and their residue fields are algebraically closed, and, conversely, every existentially closed model is of this form. The theory Gor_l of all Artinian local Gorenstein rings of length l with algebraically closed residue field is model complete and the theory Art_l is companionable, with model-companion Gor_l.

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@article{arxiv.math/9707231,
  title  = {Existentially closed models of the theory of Artinian local rings},
  author = {Hans Schoutens},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:math/9707231},
  year   = {2008}
}