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Infinitary stability theory

Logic 2016-05-02 v6

Abstract

We introduce a new device in the study of abstract elementary classes (AECs): Galois Morleyization, which consists in expanding the models of the class with a relation for every Galois type of length less than a fixed cardinal κ\kappa. We show: Theorem\mathbf{Theorem} (The semantic-syntactic correspondence) An AEC KK is fully (<κ)(<\kappa)-tame and type short if and only if Galois types are syntactic in the Galois Morleyization. This exhibits a correspondence between AECs and the syntactic framework of stability theory inside a model. We use the correspondence to make progress on the stability theory of tame and type short AECs. The main theorems are: Theorem\mathbf{Theorem} Let KK be a LS(K)\text{LS}(K)-tame AEC with amalgamation. The following are equivalent: * KK is Galois stable in some λLS(K)\lambda \ge \text{LS}(K). * KK does not have the order property (defined in terms of Galois types). * There exist cardinals μ\mu and λ0\lambda_0 with μλ0<(2LS(K))+\mu \le \lambda_0 < \beth_{(2^{\text{LS}(K)})^+} such that KK is Galois stable in any λλ0\lambda \ge \lambda_0 with λ=λ<μ\lambda = \lambda^{<\mu}. Theorem\mathbf{Theorem} Let KK be a fully (<κ)(<\kappa)-tame and type short AEC with amalgamation, κ=κ>LS(K)\kappa = \beth_{\kappa} > \text{LS} (K). If KK is Galois stable, then the class of κ\kappa-Galois saturated models of KK admits an independence notion ((<κ)(<\kappa)-coheir) which, except perhaps for extension, has the properties of forking in a first-order stable theory.

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@article{arxiv.1412.3313,
  title  = {Infinitary stability theory},
  author = {Sebastien Vasey},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:1412.3313},
  year   = {2016}
}

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34 pages (v1 was split into this paper and arXiv:1503.01366)

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