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Properties and consequences of Thorn-independence

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  12 March 2014

Alf Onshuus
Alf Onshuus*
Affiliation:
Universidad de Los Andes, Departamento de Matemáticas, Cra. Ie No. 18A-10 Edificio h, Bogotá, Colombia. E-mail: onshuus@gmail.com
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Abstract

We develop a new notion of independence (ϸ-independence, read “thorn”-independence) that arises from a family of ranks suggested by Scanlon (ϸ-ranks). We prove that in a large class of theories (including simple theories and o-minimal theories) this notion has many of the properties needed for an adequate geometric structure.

We prove that ϸ-independence agrees with the usual independence notions in stable, supersimple and o-minimal theories. Furthermore, we give some evidence that the equivalence between forking and ϸ-forking in simple theories might be closely related to one of the main open conjectures in simplicity theory, the stable forking conjecture. In particular, we prove that in any simple theory where the stable forking conjecture holds, ϸ-independence and forking independence agree.

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Research Article
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The Journal of Symbolic Logic , Volume 71 , Issue 1 , March 2006 , pp. 1 - 21
Copyright
Copyright © Association for Symbolic Logic 2006

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