The valuation conjecture for dp-finite fields

Let KK be an unstable dp-finite field embedded in a monster model KK\mathbb{K} \succeq K. Let IKI_K be the group of KK-infinitesimals, equivalently the smallest additive subgroup of K\mathbb{K} that is type-definable over KK and satisfies

dp-rk(IK)=dp-rk(K).\operatorname{dp-rk}(I_K)=\operatorname{dp-rk}(\mathbb{K}).

For an additive subgroup JJ of K\mathbb{K}, define

Stab(J):={aK:aJJ}.\operatorname{Stab}(J):=\{a\in\mathbb{K}:a\cdot J\subseteq J\}.

Valuation conjecture. The group IKI_K is an ideal in a valuation ring on K\mathbb{K}; equivalently, Stab(IK)\operatorname{Stab}(I_K) is a valuation ring.

This is the main gap in extending the classification strategy for unstable dp-minimal fields to dp-finite fields. The supplied text gives no resolution of the conjecture.

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Primary source

Will Johnson, “Dp-finite fields III: inflators and directories”, arXiv:1911.04727 (2019).

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