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New simple theories from hypergraph sequences

Maryanthe Malliaris and Saharon Shelah

Vol. 3 (2024), No. 2, 449–464
Abstract

We develop a family of simple rank one theories built over quite arbitrary sequences of finite hypergraphs. (This extends an idea from the recent proof that Keisler’s order has continuum many classes, however, the construction does not require familiarity with the earlier proof.) We prove a model-completion and quantifier-elimination result for theories in this family and develop a combinatorial property which they share. We invoke regular ultrafilters to show the strength of this property, showing that any flexible ultrafilter which is good for the random graph is able to saturate such theories.

Keywords
simple theories, model theory, Keisler's order
Mathematical Subject Classification
Primary: 03C45
Milestones
Received: 31 January 2022
Revised: 15 January 2023
Accepted: 14 March 2023
Published: 19 July 2024
Authors
Maryanthe Malliaris
Department of Mathematics
University of Chicago
Chicago, IL
United States
Saharon Shelah
Einstein Institute of Mathematics
The Hebrew University of Jerusalem
Edmond J. Safra Campus
Jerusalem
Israel
Department of Mathematics
Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey
Piscataway, NJ
United States