Group Configurations and Germs in Simple Theories

We develop the theory of germs of generic functions in simple theories. Starting with an algebraic quadrangle (or other similar hypotheses), we obtain an "almost" generic group chunk, where the product is defined up to a bounded number of possible values. This is the first step towards the proof of the group configuration theorem for simple theories, which is completed in [BTW].

• Type: Journal
• Year: 2002
• Where: JSYML
• Authors: Itay Ben-Yaacov
• Keywords: Algebraic Quadrangle, Generic Group Chunk, JSYML 2002, Simple Theories