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Generic stability, regularity, and quasiminimality

Logic 2010-09-28 v2

Abstract

We study the notions generic stability, regularity, homogeneous pregeometries, quasiminimality, and their mutual relations, in an arbitrary first order theory T. We prove that "infinite-dimensional homogeneous pregeometries" coincide with generically stable strongly regular types (p(x),x=x). We prove that quasiminimal structures of cardinality at least aleph-2 are homogeneous pregeometries, We prove that the generic type of an arbitrary quasiminimal structure is locally strongly regular. Some of the results depend on a general dichotomy for regular-like types: generic stability, or existence of a suitable definable partial ordering.

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@article{arxiv.0912.1115,
  title  = {Generic stability, regularity, and quasiminimality},
  author = {Anand Pillay and Predrag Tanovic},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:0912.1115},
  year   = {2010}
}

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32 pages

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