Finite-rank conjecture for grouplike types in Q\mathbb{Q}ACFA

Let LQL_{\mathbb{Q}} be the language of fields with a (Q,+)(\mathbb{Q},+)-action, let L1L_1 be its reduct containing the action of 11, and let pp be an LQL_{\mathbb{Q}}-type with reduct p1p_1 to L1L_1. A type is grouplike when it is nonorthogonal to a generic type of a minimal modular group, and rank is measured in the corresponding theory.

Finite-rank conjecture. Suppose that p1p_1 is minimal in the sense of L1L_1 and ACFA. If p1p_1 is grouplike in the sense of L1L_1 and ACFA, then pp has finite rank in the sense of Q\mathbb{Q}ACFA.

This concerns whether passage from the ACFA reduct to the full theory with a rational action can cause the rank of a grouplike type to become infinite. The surrounding discussion gives examples where rank can increase, but presents finite rank as the expected general bound.

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Alice Medvedev, “QACFA”, arXiv:1508.06007 (2015).

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