The model completion of the theory of modules over finitely generated commutative algebras

DOI10.2178/JSL/1245158083MaRDI QIDQ3399176zbMATH OpenOpenAlexFDO

Authors Moshe Kamensky

Publication date 29 September 2009

Published in Journal of Symbolic Logic (Search for Journal in Brave)

Full work available at URL https://arxiv.org/abs/math/0607418

zbMATH Keywords

quantifier eliminationmodel theory of modulesmodel completion

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Model-theoretic algebra (03C60) Quantifier elimination, model completeness, and related topics (03C10)

Abstract: We find the model completion of the theory modules over $A$, where $A$ is a finitely generated commutative algebra over a field $K$. This is done in a context where the field $K$ and the module are represented by sorts in the theory, so that constructible sets associated with a module can be interpreted in this language. The language is expanded by additional sorts for the Grassmanians of all powers of $K^n$, which are necessary to achieve quantifier elimination. The result turns out to be that the model completion is the theory of a certain class of ``big injective modules. In particular, it is shown that the class of injective modules is itself elementary. We also obtain an explicit description of the types in this theory.

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