Restricted Trichotomy Conjecture in concrete form

Let KK be an algebraically closed field, and let M=(M,...)\mathcal M=(M,...) be a non-locally modular strongly minimal structure. Assume that the universe MM of M\mathcal M, as well as all M\mathcal M-definable subsets of cartesian powers of MM, are constructible sets over KK, meaning finite Boolean combinations of affine algebraic sets. Restricted Trichotomy Conjecture. Then M\mathcal M interprets an infinite field.

This is a concrete reformulation of the restricted trichotomy conjecture for structures whose underlying sets and definable sets are constructible over an algebraically closed field. The paper states that the conjecture is proved when K=CK=\mathbb C, and that the general characteristic-zero case follows from this result and basic model theory.

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Benjamin Castle, “Restricted Trichotomy in Characteristic Zero”, arXiv:2209.00730 (2022).

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