University of California, Berkeley
Group In Logic and The Methodology of Science
PhD, 2018
Los Angeles, California, United States of America
  •  20
    Generic expansion and Skolemization in NSOP 1 theories
    with Alex Kruckman
    Annals of Pure and Applied Logic 169 (8): 755-774. 2018.
  •  19
    On model-theoretic tree properties
    with Artem Chernikov
    Journal of Mathematical Logic 16 (2): 1650009. 2016.
    We study model theoretic tree properties and their associated cardinal invariants. In particular, we obtain a quantitative refinement of Shelah’s theorem for countable theories, show that [Formula: see text] is always witnessed by a formula in a single variable and that weak [Formula: see text] is equivalent to [Formula: see text]. Besides, we give a characterization of [Formula: see text] via a version of independent amalgamation of types and apply this criterion to verify that some examples in…Read more
  •  18
    Brain Activity Associated With Expected Task Difficulty
    with Miek J. de Dreu, Irena T. Schouwenaars, Geert-Jan M. Rutten, and Johan M. Jansma
    Frontiers in Human Neuroscience 13. 2019.
  •  14
    Transitivity, Lowness, and Ranks in Nsop Theories
    with Artem Chernikov and K. I. M. Byunghan
    Journal of Symbolic Logic 88 (3): 919-946. 2023.
    We develop the theory of Kim-independence in the context of NSOP $_{1}$ theories satisfying the existence axiom. We show that, in such theories, Kim-independence is transitive and that -Morley sequences witness Kim-dividing. As applications, we show that, under the assumption of existence, in a low NSOP $_{1}$ theory, Shelah strong types and Lascar strong types coincide and, additionally, we introduce a notion of rank for NSOP $_{1}$ theories.
  •  13
    Independence over arbitrary sets in NSOP1 theories
    with Jan Dobrowolski and Byunghan Kim
    Annals of Pure and Applied Logic 173 (2): 103058. 2022.
    We study Kim-independence over arbitrary sets. Assuming that forking satisfies existence, we establish Kim's lemma for Kim-dividing over arbitrary sets in an NSOP1 theory. We deduce symmetry of Kim-independence and the independence theorem for Lascar strong types
  •  12
    A note on nsop1 in one variable
    Journal of Symbolic Logic 84 (1): 388-392. 2019.
  •  12
    Criteria for exact saturation and singular compactness
    with Itay Kaplan and Saharon Shelah
    Annals of Pure and Applied Logic 172 (9): 102992. 2021.
    We introduce the class of unshreddable theories, which contains the simple and NIP theories, and prove that such theories have exactly saturated models in singular cardinals, satisfying certain set-theoretic hypotheses. We also give criteria for a theory to have singular compactness.
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    Exact saturation in pseudo-elementary classes for simple and stable theories
    with Itay Kaplan and Saharon Shelah
    Journal of Mathematical Logic 23 (2). 2022.
    We use exact saturation to study the complexity of unstable theories, showing that a variant of this notion called pseudo-elementary class (PC)-exact saturation meaningfully reflects combinatorial dividing lines. We study PC-exact saturation for stable and simple theories. Among other results, we show that PC-exact saturation characterizes the stability cardinals of size at least continuum of a countable stable theory and, additionally, that simple unstable theories have PC-exact saturation at s…Read more
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    Invariant measures in simple and in small theories
    with Artem Chernikov, Ehud Hrushovski, Alex Kruckman, Krzysztof Krupiński, Slavko Moconja, and Anand Pillay
    Journal of Mathematical Logic 23 (2). 2023.
    We give examples of (i) a simple theory with a formula (with parameters) which does not fork over [Formula: see text] but has [Formula: see text]-measure 0 for every automorphism invariant Keisler measure [Formula: see text] and (ii) a definable group [Formula: see text] in a simple theory such that [Formula: see text] is not definably amenable, i.e. there is no translation invariant Keisler measure on [Formula: see text]. We also discuss paradoxical decompositions both in the setting of discret…Read more