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Quasiminimal structures and excellence

Logic 2014-10-28 v3

Abstract

We show that the excellence axiom in the definition of Zilber's quasiminimal excellent classes is redundant, in that it follows from the other axioms. This substantially simplifies a number of categoricity proofs.

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@article{arxiv.1210.2008,
  title  = {Quasiminimal structures and excellence},
  author = {Martin Bays and Bradd Hart and Tapani Hyttinen and Meeri Kesälä and Jonathan Kirby},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:1210.2008},
  year   = {2014}
}

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Detail added to proof of 5.2; publication info added

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