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The Hart-Shelah example, in stronger logics

Logic 2021-02-03 v2

Abstract

We generalize the Hart-Shelah example \cite{HaSh:323} to higher infinitary logics. We build, for each natural number k2k\geq 2 and for each infinite cardinal λ\lambda, a sentence ψkλ\psi_k^\lambda of the logic L(2λ)+,ωL_{(2^\lambda)^+,\omega} that (modulo mild set theoretical hypotheses around λ\lambda and assuming 2λ<λ+m2^\lambda < \lambda^{+m}) is categorical in λ+,,λ+k1\lambda^+,\dots,\lambda^{+k-1} but not in k+1(λ)+\beth_{k+1}(\lambda)^+ (or beyond); we study the dimensional encoding of combinatorics involved in the construction of this sentence and study various model-theoretic properties of the resulting abstract elementary class K(λ,k)=(Mod(ψkλ),(2λ)+,ω){\mathcal K}^*(\lambda,k)=(Mod(\psi_k^\lambda),\prec_{(2^\lambda)^+,\omega}) in the finite interval of cardinals λ,λ+,,λ+k\lambda,\lambda^+,\dots,\lambda^{+k}.

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@article{arxiv.math/0404258,
  title  = {The Hart-Shelah example, in stronger logics},
  author = {Saharon Shelah and Andres Villaveces},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:math/0404258},
  year   = {2021}
}

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31 pages, 1 figure

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