Sporadic homogeneous structures

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Authors Gregory Cherlin

Publication date 31 July 2000

zbMATH Keywords

classificationfinite homogeneous structuresfinite permutation groupsfinite structuresmooth approximationsporadic structurestabilitysurvey

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Model theory of finite structures (03C13) Classification theory, stability, and related concepts in model theory (03C45) Model-theoretic algebra (03C60) Finite automorphism groups of algebraic, geometric, or combinatorial structures (20B25) Simple groups: sporadic groups (20D08)

Review text

I quote the abstract: ``We discuss Lachlan's classification theory for finite homogeneous structures and related problems on finite permutation groups. Lachlan's theory provides a hierarchy of classifications in which structures which are ``sporadic in one context reappear as members of infinite families at later stages. Every finite structure is accounted for at some level in this hierarchy, but for structures associated with familiar primitive permutation groups, the combinatorial problem of locating that level precisely can be quite challenging. This is a very readable survey with a good collection of examples discussed in some detail. For the entire collection see [Zbl 0931.00019].

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