English

Generic stability, randomizations, and NIP formulas

Logic 2023-09-04 v3

Abstract

We prove a number of results relating the concepts of Keisler measures, generic stability, randomizations, and NIP formulas. Among other things, we do the following: (1) We introduce the notion of a Keisler-Morley measure, which plays the role of a Morley sequence for a Keisler measure. We prove that if μ\mu is fim over MM, then for any Keisler-Morley measure λ\lambda in μ\mu over MM and any formula φ(x,b)\varphi(x,b), limiλ(φ(xi,b))=μ(φ(x,b))\lim_{i \to \infty} \lambda(\varphi(x_i,b)) = \mu(\varphi(x,b)). We also show that any measure satisfying this conclusion must be fam. (2) We study the map, defined by Ben Yaacov, taking a definable measure μ\mu to a type rμr_\mu in the randomization. We prove that this map commutes with Morley products, and that if μ\mu is fim then rμr_\mu is generically stable. (3) We characterize when generically stable types are closed under Morley products by means of a variation of ict-patterns. Moreover, we show that NTP2_2 theories satisfy this property. (4) We prove that if a local measure admits a suitably tame global extension, then it has finite packing numbers with respect to any definable family. We also characterize NIP formulas via the existence of tame extensions for local measures.

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Cite

@article{arxiv.2308.01801,
  title  = {Generic stability, randomizations, and NIP formulas},
  author = {Gabriel Conant and Kyle Gannon and James E. Hanson},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:2308.01801},
  year   = {2023}
}

Comments

37 pages; Added section 3.4 on fam measures and some general clarifying remarks

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