$μ$-Abstract Elementary Classes and other generalizations

Will Boney, Rami Grossberg, Michael Lieberman, Jiri Rosicky, Sebastien Vasey

Published 2015-09-24Version 1

We introduce $\mu$-Abstract Elementary Classes ($\mu$-AECs) as a broad framework for model theory that includes complete boolean algebras and Dirichlet series, and begin to develop their classification theory. Moreover, we note that $\mu$-AECs correspond precisely to accessible categories in which all morphisms are monomorphisms, and begin the process of reconciling these divergent perspectives: not least, the preliminary classification-theoretic results for {\mu}-AECs transfer directly to accessible categories with monomorphisms.