The model completion of the theory of modules over finitely generated commutative algebras
Abstract
We find the model completion of the theory modules over , where is a finitely generated commutative algebra over a field . This is done in a context where the field and the module are represented by sorts in the theory, so that constructible sets associated with a module can be interpreted in this language. The language is expanded by additional sorts for the Grassmanians of all powers of , which are necessary to achieve quantifier elimination. The result turns out to be that the model completion is the theory of a certain class of ``big'' injective modules. In particular, it is shown that the class of injective modules is itself elementary. We also obtain an explicit description of the types in this theory.
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@article{arxiv.math/0607418,
title = {The model completion of the theory of modules over finitely generated commutative algebras},
author = {Moshe Kamensky},
journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:math/0607418},
year = {2009}
}
Comments
AMSLaTeX, 13 pages, no figures. Part of author's phd thesis