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Jinhe Ye

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arXiv2026

Large implies henselian

Fix a field $K$. We show that $K$ is large if and only if some elementary extension of $K$ is the fraction field of a henselian local domain which is not a field. The proof uses a new result about the étale-open topology over $K$: if $K$ is not separably closed and $V \to W$ is an étale morphism of $K$-varieties then $V(K) \to W(K)$ is a local homeomorphism in the étale-open topology. This, in turn, follows from results comparing the étale-open topology on $V(K)$ and the finite-closed topology on $V(K)$, newly introduced in this paper. We show that the étale-open topology refines the finite-closed topology when $K$ is perfect, and that the finite-closed topology refines the étale-open topology when $K$ is bounded. It follows that these two topologies agree in many natural examples. On the other hand, we construct several examples where these two differ, which allows us to answer a question of Lampe.

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arXiv2026

Beautiful pairs

We introduce an abstract framework to study certain classes of stably embedded pairs of models of a complete $\mathcal{L}$-theory $T$, called \textit{beautiful pairs}, which comprises Poizat's belles paires of stable structures and van den Dries-Lewenberg's tame pairs of o-minimal structures. Using an amalgamation construction, we relate several properties of beautiful pairs with properties analogous to properties in Fraïssé classes. After characterizing beautiful pairs of various theories of ordered abelian groups and valued fields, including the theories of algebraically closed, $p$-adically closed and real closed valued fields, we show an Ax-Kochen-Ershov type result for beautiful pairs of henselian valued fields. As an application, we derive strict pro-definability of particular classes of definable types. When $T$ is one of the theories of valued fields mentioned above, the corresponding classes of types are related to classical geometric spaces and our main result specializes to their strict pro-definability. Most notably, we exhibit the strict pro-definability of a natural space of types associated to Huber's analytification. In this way, we also recover a result of Hrushovski-Loeser on the strict pro-definability of stably dominated types in algebraically closed valued fields, which corresponds to Berkovich's analytification.

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arXiv2025

When is the étale open topology a field topology?

We investigate the following question: Given a field $K$, when is the étale open topology $\mathcal{E}_K$ induced by a field topology? On the positive side, when $K$ is the fraction field of a local domain $R\neq K$, using a weak form of resolution of singularities due to Gabber, we show that $\mathcal{E}_K$ agrees with the $R$-adic topology when $R$ is quasi-excellent and henselian. Various pathologies appear when dropping the quasi-excellence assumption. For locally bounded field topologies, we introduce the notion of generalized t-henselianity (gt-henselianity) following Prestel and Ziegler. We establish the following: For a locally bounded field topology $τ$, the étale open topology is induced by $τ$ if and only if $τ$ is gt-henselian and some non-empty étale image is $τ$-bounded open. On the negative side, we obtain that for a pseudo-algebraically closed field $K$, $\mathcal{E}_K$ is never induced by a field topology.

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arXiv2025

When is $A + x A =\mathbb{R}$

We show that there is an additive $F_\sigma$ subgroup $A$ of $\mathbb{R}$ and $x \in \mathbb{R}$ such that $\mathrm{dim_H} (A) = \frac{1}{2}$ and $A + x A =\mathbb{R}$. However, if $A \subseteq \mathbb{R}$ is a subring of $\mathbb{R}$ and there is $x \in \mathbb{R}$ such that $A + x A =\mathbb{R}$, then $A =\mathbb{R}$. Moreover, assuming the continuum hypothesis (CH), there is a subgroup $A$ of $\mathbb{R}$ with $\mathrm{dim_H} (A) = 0$ such that $x \not\in \mathbb{Q}$ if and only if $A + x A =\mathbb{R}$ for all $x \in \mathbb{R}$. A key ingredient in the proof of this theorem consists of some techniques in recursion theory and algorithmic randomness. We believe it may lead to applications to other constructions of exotic sets of reals. Several other theorems on measurable, and especially Borel and analytic subgroups and subfields of the reals are presented. We also discuss some of these results in the $p$-adics.

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arXiv2025

Zilber's Trichotomy in Hausdorff Geometric Structures

We give a new axiomatic treatment of the Zilber trichotomy, and use it to complete the proof of the trichotomy for relics of algebraically closed fields, i.e., reducts of the ACF-induced structure on ACF-definable sets. More precisely, we introduce a class of geometric structures equipped with a Hausdorff topology, called \textit{Hausdorff geometric structures}. Natural examples include the complex field; algebraically closed valued fields; o-minimal expansions of real closed fields; and characteristic zero Henselian fields (in particular $p$-adically closed fields). We then study the Zilber trichotomy for relics of Hausdorff geometric structures, showing that under additional assumptions, every non-locally modular strongly minimal relic on a real sort interprets a one-dimensional group. Combined with recent results, this allows us to prove the trichotomy for strongly minimal relics on the real sorts of algebraically closed valued fields. Finally, we make progress on the imaginary sorts, reducing the trichotomy for \textit{all} ACVF relics (in all sorts) to a conjectural technical condition that we prove in characteristic $(0,0)$.

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arXiv2025

Of model completeness and algebraic groups

We show that if G is a split semisimple algebraic group over a model complete field K, then the groups G(K) and G(K)' (the commutator group which is a ``Chevalley group'' as for example the group PSL_2(K)) are model complete as well.

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arXiv2025

Hyperbolicity and model-complete fields

We study model-complete fields that avoid a given quasi-project variety $V$. There is a close connection between hyperbolicity of $V$ and the existence of the model companion for the theory of characteristic-zero fields avoiding rational points on $V$. This gives a model theoretic notion of hyperbolicity that we call excludability. In particular, we show that if $V$ is a Brody hyperbolic projective variety over $\mathbb{Q}$ with $V(\mathbb{Q}) = \varnothing$, then the model companion, called $V\XF$, exists. We also study some model-theoretic properties of $V\mathrm{XF}$. This extends the results for curves by Will Johnson and the second author.

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arXiv2024

Curve-excluding fields

If $C$ is a curve over $\mathbb{Q}$ with genus at least $2$ and $C(\mathbb{Q})$ is empty, then the class of fields $K$ of characteristic 0 such that $C(K) = \varnothing$ has a model companion, which we call $C\mathrm{XF}$. The theory $C\mathrm{XF}$ is not complete, but we characterize the completions. Using $C\mathrm{XF}$, we produce examples of fields with interesting combinations of properties. For example, we produce (1) a model-complete field with unbounded Galois group, (2) an infinite field with a decidable first-order theory that is not ``large'' in the sense of Pop, (3) a field that is algebraically bounded but not ``very slim'' in the sense of Junker and Koenigsmann, and (4) a pure field that is strictly NSOP$_4$, i.e., NSOP$_4$ but not NSOP$_3$. Lastly, we give a new construction of fields that are virtually large but not large.

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arXiv2024

Tropical functions on a skeleton

We prove a general finiteness statement for the ordered abelian group of tropical functions on skeleta in Berkovich analytifications of algebraic varieties. Our approach consists in working in the framework of stable completions of algebraic varieties, a model-theoretic version of Berkovich analytifications, for which we prove a similar result, of which the former one is a consequence.

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arXiv2024

Lang-Weil Type Estimates in Finite Difference Fields

We prove a uniform estimate of the number of points for difference algebraic varieties in finite difference fields in the spirit of Lang-Weil. More precisely, we give uniform lower and upper bounds for the number of rational points of a difference variety in terms of its transformal dimension. As a main technical ingredient, we prove an equidimensionality result for Frobenius reductions of difference varieties.

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arXiv2024

Non-trivial higher homotopy of first-order theories

Let $T$ be the theory of dense cyclically ordered sets with at least two elements. We determine the classifying space of $\mathsf{Mod}(T)$ to be homotopically equivalent to $\mathbb{CP}^\infty$. In particular, $π_2(\lvert\mathsf{Mod}(T)\rvert)=\mathbb{Z}$, which answers a question in our previous work. The computation is based on Connes' cycle category $Λ$.

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arXiv2024

An invitation to extension domination

Motivated by the theory of domination for types, we introduce a notion of domination for Keisler measures called extension domination. We argue that this variant of domination behaves similarly to its type setting counterpart. We prove that extension domination extends domination for types and that it forms a preorder on the space of global Keisler measures. We then explore some basic properties related to this notion (e.g. approximations by formulas, closure under localizations, convex combinations). We also prove a few preservation theorems and provide some explicit examples.

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arXiv2023

A note on geometric theories of fields

Let $T$ be a complete theory of fields, possibly with extra structure. Suppose that model-theoretic algebraic closure agrees with field-theoretic algebraic closure, or more generally that model-theoretic algebraic closure has the exchange property. Then $T$ has uniform finiteness, or equivalently, it eliminates the quantifier $\exists^\infty$. It follows that very slim fields in the sense of Junker and Koenigsmann are the same thing as geometric fields in the sense of Hrushovski and Pillay. Modulo some fine print, these two concepts are also equivalent to algebraically bounded fields in the sense of van den Dries. From the proof, one gets a one-cardinal theorem for geometric theories of fields: any infinite definable set has the same cardinality as the field. We investigate whether this extends to interpretable sets. We show that positive dimensional interpretable sets must have the same cardinality as the field, but zero-dimensional interpretable sets can have smaller cardinality. As an application, we show that any geometric theory of fields has an uncountable model with only countably many finite algebraic extensions.

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arXiv2022

A note on $μ$-stabilizers in ACVF

We study $μ$-stabilizers for groups definable in ACVF in the valued field sort. We prove that $\mathrm{Stab}^μ(p)$ is an infinite unbounded definable subgroup of $G$ when $p$ is standard and unbounded. In the particular case when $G$ is linear algebraic, we show that $\mathrm{Stab}^μ(p)$ is a solvable algebraic subgroup of $G$, with $\mathrm{dim}(\mathrm{Stab}^μ(p))=\mathrm{dim}(p)$ when $p$ is $μ$-reduced and unbounded.

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arXiv2022

Éz fields

Let $K$ be a field. The étale open topology on the $K$-points $V(K)$ of a $K$-variety $V$ was introduced in our previous work. The étale open topology is non-discrete if and only if $K$ is large. If $K$ is separably, real, $p$-adically closed then the étale open topology agrees with the Zariski, order, valuation topology, respectively. We show that existentially definable sets in perfect large fields behave well with respect to this topology: such sets are finite unions of étale open subsets of Zariski closed sets. This implies that existentially definable sets in arbitrary perfect large fields enjoy some of the well-known topological properties of definable sets in algebraically, real, and $p$-adically closed fields. We introduce and study the class of éz fields: $K$ is éz if $K$ is large and every definable set is a finite union of étale open subsets of Zariski closed sets. This should be seen as a generalized notion of model completeness for large fields. Algebraically closed, real closed, $p$-adically closed, and bounded $\mathrm{PAC}$ fields are éz. (In particular pseudofinite fields and infinite algebraic extensions of finite fields are éz.) We develop the basics of a theory of definable sets in éz fields. This gives a uniform approach to the theory of definable sets across all characteristic zero local fields and a new topological theory of definable sets in bounded $\mathrm{PAC}$ fields. We also show that some prominent examples of possibly non-model complete model-theoretically tame fields (characteristic zero Henselian fields and Frobenius fields) are éz.

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arXiv2022

The étale open topology over the fraction field of a henselian local domain

Suppose that $R$ is a local domain with fraction field $K$. If $R$ is Henselian then the $R$-adic topology over $K$ refines the étale open topology. If $R$ is regular then the étale open topology over $K$ refines the $R$-adic topology. In particular the étale open topology over $L((t_1,\ldots,t_n))$ agrees with the $L[[t_1,\ldots,t_n]]$-adic topology for any field $L$ and $n \ge 1$.

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arXiv2021

Stable formulas in ordered structures

We classify the stable formulas in the theory of Dense Linear Orders without endpoints, the stable formulas in the theory of Divisible Abelian Groups, and the stable formulas without parameters in the theory of Real Closed Fields. The third result, unexpectedly, requires the Hironaka's theorem on resolution of singularities.

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arXiv2021

The étale-open topology and the stable fields conjecture

For an arbitrary field $K$ and $K$-variety $V$, we introduce the étale-open topology on the set $V(K)$ of $K$-points of $V$. This topology agrees with the Zariski topology, Euclidean topology, or valuation topology when $K$ is separably closed, real closed, or $p$-adically closed, respectively. Topological properties of the étale-open topology corresponds to algebraic properties of $K$. For example, the étale-open topology on $\mathbb{A}^1(K)$ is not discrete if and only if $K$ is large. As an application, we show that a large stable field is separably closed.

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