Conjecture on the complexity of theories of infinitely generic operator algebras

An infinitely generic operator algebra is the corresponding generic model in the sense used in the paper. For a structure MM, let Th(M)\operatorname{Th}(M) denote its first-order theory; second-order arithmetic is the standard second-order arithmetic theory, and AA Turing reduces to BB when ATBA\leq_T B.

Infinitely generic theories conjecture. Second-order arithmetic Turing reduces to both theories

Th(MC),Th(Mtr),\operatorname{Th}(M_{\mathrm{C}^*}),\qquad \operatorname{Th}(M_{\mathrm{tr}}),

of infinitely generic C\mathrm{C}^*-algebras and infinitely generic tracial von Neumann algebras, respectively.

The analogous reduction is known for infinitely generic groups, yielding continuum many theories of existentially closed groups. The operator-algebraic assertion is presented as a conjecture; the source notes that, if it also held for embeddable tracial von Neumann algebras, it would have consequences for the theory of the hyperfinite II1_1 factor.

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Isaac Goldbring and Bradd Hart, “Operator algebras with hyperarithmetic theory”, arXiv:2004.02299 (2020).

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