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Building prime models in fully good abstract elementary classes

Logic 2018-01-12 v6

Abstract

We show how to build primes models in classes of saturated models of abstract elementary classes (AECs) having a well-behaved independence relation: Theorem.\mathbf{Theorem.} Let KK be an almost fully good AEC that is categorical in LS(K)\text{LS} (K) and has the LS(K)\text{LS} (K)-existence property for domination triples. For any λ>LS(K)\lambda > \text{LS} (K), the class of Galois saturated models of KK of size λ\lambda has prime models over every set of the form M{a}M \cup \{a\}. This generalizes an argument of Shelah, who proved the result when λ\lambda is a successor cardinal.

Cite

@article{arxiv.1509.07024,
  title  = {Building prime models in fully good abstract elementary classes},
  author = {Sebastien Vasey},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:1509.07024},
  year   = {2018}
}

Comments

15 pages. This was previously called "On prime models in totally categorical abstract elementary classes"

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