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Categoricity and infinitary logics

Logic 2015-10-19 v2

Abstract

We point out a gap in Shelah's proof of the following result: Claim\mathbf{Claim} Let KK be an abstract elementary class categorical in unboundedly many cardinals. Then there exists a cardinal λ\lambda such that whenever M,NKM, N \in K have size at least λ\lambda, MNM \le N if and only if ML,LS(K)+NM \preceq_{L_{\infty, \text{LS} (K)^+}} N. The importance of the claim lies in the following theorem, implicit in Shelah's work: Theorem\mathbf{Theorem} Assume the claim. Let KK be an abstract elementary class categorical in unboundedly many cardinals. Then the class of λ\lambda such that: 1) KK is categorical in λ\lambda; 2) KK has amalgamation in λ\lambda; and 3) there is a good λ\lambda-frame with underlying class KλK_\lambda is stationary. We give a proof and discuss some related questions.

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@article{arxiv.1508.03316,
  title  = {Categoricity and infinitary logics},
  author = {Will Boney and Sebastien Vasey},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:1508.03316},
  year   = {2015}
}

Comments

9 pages. Major changes after a mistake was discovered in the previous version

R2 v1 2026-06-22T10:33:15.274Z