OpenAI · 240-02 · 2026-09-24 · Mathematical logic
Eventual categoricity for abstract elementary classes
preprints/Eventual-Categoricity-for-Abstract-Elementary-Classes-September-24-2026
Family 240. Shelah's eventual categoricity conjecture.
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Proves Shelah's eventual categoricity conjecture in ZFC: for each bound on the Löwenheim–Skolem number, a uniform threshold makes categoricity of an abstract elementary class in one cardinal above that threshold imply categoricity throughout the same tail. Categoricity means uniqueness up to isomorphism at a given cardinality. Under the continuum hypothesis, a proposed specific Hanf threshold need not suffice.
We prove Shelah's eventual categoricity conjecture for abstract elementary classes in ZFC. For each infinite bound on the Löwenheim–Skolem number there is a uniform threshold such that categoricity in any one cardinal at or above that threshold implies categoricity in every cardinal at or above the same threshold.
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