Generalized Gaifman conjecture on non-structure over a predicate

Let TT be a countable complete theory, and let PP be a distinguished unary predicate in its vocabulary. Assume that TT fails the Gaifman property: there is a model NN of the theory of PP such that no model MTM\models T satisfies PM=NP^M=N. Let λ\lambda be a sufficiently large regular cardinal and let μλ\mu\geq\lambda.

Generalized Gaifman conjecture. The theory TT has 2λ2^\lambda models of cardinality μ\mu that are pairwise non-isomorphic over PP.

This asserts non-structure over PP when the Gaifman property fails. The paper separates it into stability implying the Gaifman property and instability implying non-structure; the source says that the first part is proved, while the general non-structure assertion remains a conjecture.

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Saharon Shelah and Alexander Usvyatsov, “Stable amalgamation over a predicate and the Gaifman property”, arXiv:2507.12631 (2025).

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