Strongly dependent theories

Saharon Shelah*

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Abstract

We further investigate the class of models of a strongly dependent (first order complete) theory T, continuing [Sh:715], [Sh:783] and related works. Those are properties (= classes) somewhat parallel to superstability among stable theory, though are different from it even for stable theories. We show equivalence of some of their definitions, investigate relevant ranks and give some examples, e.g., the first order theory of the p-adics is strongly dependent. The most notable result is: if |A| + |T| ≤ µ, I ⊆ ℭ and |I|≥ℶ|T|+(µ), then some J ⊆ I of cardinality µ+ is an indiscernible sequence over A.

Original languageEnglish
Pages (from-to)1-83
Number of pages83
JournalIsrael Journal of Mathematics
Volume204
Issue number1
DOIs
StatePublished - Oct 2014

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