Toward categoricity for classes with no maximal models

Saharon Shelah*, Andrés Villaveces

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Abstract

We provide here the first steps toward a Classification Theory of Abstract Elementary Classes with no maximal models, plus some mild set theoretical assumptions, when the class is categorical in some λ greater than its Löwenheim-Skolem number. We study the degree to which amalgamation may be recovered, the behaviour of non μ-splitting types. Most importantly, the existence of saturated models in a strong enough sense is proved, as a first step toward a complete solution to the Łós Conjecture for these classes. Further results are in preparation.

Original languageEnglish
Pages (from-to)1-25
Number of pages25
JournalAnnals of Pure and Applied Logic
Volume97
Issue number1-3
DOIs
StatePublished - 21 Mar 1999

Keywords

  • Abstract elementary classes
  • Categoricity
  • Classification theory
  • Stability

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