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Tameness from two successive good frames

Logic 2020-02-28 v5

Abstract

We show, assuming a mild set-theoretic hypothesis, that if an abstract elementary class (AEC) has a superstable-like forking notion for models of cardinality λ\lambda and a superstable-like forking notion for models of cardinality λ+\lambda^+, then orbital types over models of cardinality λ+\lambda^+ are determined by their restrictions to submodels of cardinality λ\lambda. By a superstable-like forking notion, we mean here a good frame, a central concept of Shelah's book on AECs. It is known that locality of orbital types together with the existence of a superstable-like notion for models of cardinality λ\lambda implies the existence of a superstable-like notion for models of cardinality λ+\lambda^+, but here we prove the converse. An immediate consequence is that forking in λ+\lambda^+ can be described in terms of forking in λ\lambda.

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@article{arxiv.1707.09008,
  title  = {Tameness from two successive good frames},
  author = {Sebastien Vasey},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:1707.09008},
  year   = {2020}
}

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27 pages

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