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Shelah's eventual categoricity conjecture for abstract elementary classes

Theorem 1.2: for every infinite cardinal λ\lambda there is μ(λ)≥λ\mu(\lambda)\ge\lambda such that every AEC KK with LS(K)≤λLS(K)\le\lambda categorical in some κ≥μ(λ)\kappa\ge\mu(\lambda) is categorical in every κ′≥μ(λ)\kappa'\ge\mu(\lambda); equivalently (Theorem 1.3) an AEC categorical in unboundedly many cardinals is categorical on a tail. It applies to Lω1,ωL_{\omega_1,\omega} sentences in countable languages. It gives no explicit value for μ(λ)\mu(\lambda); the prescribed ℶω1\beth_{\omega_1} threshold for Lω1,ωL_{\omega_1,\omega} and the Hanf threshold for AECs are left separate (the companion refutes the latter under CH).

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Shelah's eventual categoricity conjecture for abstract elementary classes

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Theorem 1.2: for every infinite cardinal λ\lambda there is μ(λ)≥λ\mu(\lambda)\ge\lambda such that every AEC KK with LS(K)≤λLS(K)\le\lambda categorical in some κ≥μ(λ)\kappa\ge\mu(\lambda) is categorical in every κ′≥μ(λ)\kappa'\ge\mu(\lambda); equivalently (Theorem 1.3) an AEC categorical in unboundedly many cardinals is categorical on a tail. It applies to Lω1,ωL_{\omega_1,\omega} sentences in countable languages. It gives no explicit…

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Theorem 1.2: for every infinite cardinal λ\lambda there is μ(λ)≥λ\mu(\lambda)\ge\lambda such that every AEC KK with LS(K)≤λLS(K)\le\lambda categorical in some κ≥μ(λ)\kappa\ge\mu(\lambda) is categorical in every κ′≥μ(λ)\kappa'\ge\mu(\lambda); equivalently (Theorem 1.3) an AEC categorical in unboundedly many cardinals is categorical on a tail. It applies to Lω1,ωL_{\omega_1,\omega} sentences in countable languages. It gives no explicit value for μ(λ)\mu(\lambda); the prescribed ℶω1\beth_{\omega_1} threshold for Lω1,ωL_{\omega_1,\omega} and the Hanf threshold for AECs are left separate (the companion refutes the latter under CH).

Theorem 1.2: for every infinite cardinal λ\lambda there is μ(λ)≥λ\mu(\lambda)\ge\lambda such that every AEC KK with LS(K)≤λLS(K)\le\lambda categorical in some κ≥μ(λ)\kappa\ge\mu(\lambda) is categorical in every κ′≥μ(λ)\kappa'\ge\mu(\lambda); equivalently (Theorem 1.3) an AEC categorical in unboundedly many cardinals is categorical on a tail. It applies to Lω1,ωL_{\omega_1,\omega} sentences in countable languages. It gives no explicit value for μ(λ)\mu(\lambda); the prescribed ℶω1\beth_{\omega_1} threshold for Lω1,ωL_{\omega_1,\omega} and the Hanf threshold for AECs are left separate (the companion refutes the latter under CH).

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