Locally modular theories of finite rank (Q581394)

In this paper, the author generalizes some of the good properties of \(\aleph_ 0\)-stable \(\aleph_ 0\)-categorical theories, mainly the Coordinatization Theorem and the Fundamental Rank Identity Theorem [\textit{G. Cherlin}, \textit{L. Harrington} and \textit{A. H. Lachlan}, Ann. Pure Appl. Logic 28, 103-135 (1985; Zbl 0566.03022)] to a larger class of theories: the superstable theories of finite rank such that (in \(T^{eq})\) every type of U rank 1 is locally modular (the L.M.F.R. theories). The main example of such non \(\aleph_ 1\)-stable theories are the superstable non \(\aleph_ 1\)-categorical unidimensional theories. It is also shown that, under the assumption of finite rank, the L.M.F.R. theories are exactly the one-based (or weakly normal) theories. Recent related work: \textit{A. Pillay} [in ``Simple superstable theories'' (to appear in the Proceedings of the US-Israel joint meeting in Model Theory, Chicago Dec. 1985, North-Holland)] studies a generalization of these theories in the infinite rank context.