The definable (p,q)(p,q)-theorem for distal theories

Let MNM\prec N be NIP LL-structures. Let φ(x,y)\varphi(x,y) be an LML_M-formula and let bNyb\in N^{|y|}. Assume φ(x,b)\varphi(x,b) does not divide over MM. Chernikov–Simon conjecture. There is an LML_M-formula ψ(y)tp(b/M)\psi(y)\in\operatorname{tp}(b/M) such that

{φ(x,b):bψ(M)} is consistent.\{\varphi(x,b^\prime):b^\prime\in\psi(M)\}\text{ is consistent}.

This is a definable analogue of the combinatorial (p,q)(p,q)-theorem and was posed by Chernikov and Simon as a question before becoming a conjecture. The paper answers this special case affirmatively for distal NIP theories, so the conjecture is solved in the stated setting.

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Gareth Boxall and Charlotte Kestner, “The definable (p,q)-theorem for distal theories”, arXiv:1602.01253 (2017).

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