Stable-tree decomposition conjecture for finite models
Stable-tree decomposition conjecture for finite models
Let be a class of finite models with a distinguished relation , and let be properties of . For a finite tree , let be a family of substructures of ; call it a stable tree when it is stable in the sense of stable amalgamation.
Stable-tree decomposition conjecture. If satisfies , then for every sufficiently large there exist a finite tree and a family such that
and is uniquely determined by .
This is proposed as a decomposition theorem for sufficiently large finite models, analogous in spirit to structural decomposition results such as the theorem for finite abelian groups. The source does not establish the conjecture or specify the properties ; it also notes that cardinality may not be the appropriate notion of smallness for the substructures.
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Primary source
Doug Ensley and Rami Grossberg, “Finite models, stability, and Ramsey's theorem”, arXiv:math/9608205 (1996).
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