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On the structure of categorical abstract elementary classes with amalgamation

Logic 2016-02-18 v3

Abstract

For KK an abstract elementary class with amalgamation and no maximal models, we show that categoricity in a high-enough cardinal implies structural properties such as the uniqueness of limit models and the existence of good frames. This improves several classical results of Shelah. Theorem\mathbf{Theorem} Let μLS(K)\mu \ge \text{LS} (K). If KK is categorical in a λ(2μ)+\lambda \ge \beth_{\left(2^{\mu}\right)^+}, then: 1) Whenever M0,M1,M2KμM_0, M_1, M_2 \in K_\mu are such that M1M_1 and M2M_2 are limit over M0M_0, we have M1M0M2M_1 \cong_{M_0} M_2. 2) If μ>LS(K)\mu > \text{LS} (K), the model of size λ\lambda is μ\mu-saturated. 3) If μ(2LS(K))+\mu \ge \beth_{(2^{\text{LS} (K)})^+} and λ(2μ+)+\lambda \ge \beth_{\left(2^{\mu^+}\right)^+}, then there exists a type-full good μ\mu-frame with underlying class the saturated models in KμK_\mu. Our main tool is the symmetry property of splitting (previously isolated by the first author). The key lemma deduces symmetry from failure of the order property.

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@article{arxiv.1509.01488,
  title  = {On the structure of categorical abstract elementary classes with amalgamation},
  author = {Monica M. VanDieren and Sebastien Vasey},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:1509.01488},
  year   = {2016}
}

Comments

19 pages. This has since been merged with arXiv:1508.03252

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