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Model theory in compactly generated (tensor-)triangulated categories

Representation Theory 2024-05-01 v3 Category Theory Logic

Abstract

We give an account of model theory in the context of compactly generated triangulated and tensor-triangulated categories T{\cal T}. We describe pp formulas, pp-types and free realisations in such categories and we prove elimination of quantifiers and elimination of imaginaries. We compare the ways in which definable subcategories of T{\cal T} may be specified. Then we link definable subcategories of T{\cal T} and finite-type torsion theories on the category of modules over the compact objects of T{\cal T}. We briefly consider spectra and dualities. If T{\cal T} is tensor-triangulated then new features appear, in particular there is an internal duality in rigidly-compactly generated tensor-triangulated categories.

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@article{arxiv.2304.10629,
  title  = {Model theory in compactly generated (tensor-)triangulated categories},
  author = {Mike Prest and Rose Wagstaffe},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:2304.10629},
  year   = {2024}
}

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