Simple Homogeneous Structures and Indiscernible Sequence Invariants

Abstract

We introduce some properties describing dependence in indiscernible sequences: $F_{ind}$ and its dual $F_{Mb}$, the definable Morley property, and $n$-resolvability. Applying these properties, we establish the following results: We show that the degree of nonminimality introduced by Freitag and Moosa, which is closely related to $F_{ind}$ (equal in $\mathrm{DCF}_{0}$), may take on any positive integer value in an $\omega$-stable theory, answering a question of Freitag, Jaoui, and Moosa. Proving a conjecture of Koponen, we show that every simple theory with quantifier elimination in a finite relational language has finite rank and is one-based. The arguments closely rely on finding types $q$ with $F_{Mb}(q) = \infty$, and on $n$-resolvability. We prove some variants of the simple Kim-forking conjecture, a generalization of the stable forking conjecture to $\mathrm{NSOP}_{1}$ theories. We show a global analogue of the simple Kim-forking conjecture with infinitely many variables holds in every $\mathrm{NSOP}_{1}$ theory, and show that Kim-forking with a realization of a type $p$ with $\mathrm{F}_{Mb}(p) < \infty$ satisfies a finite-variable version of this result. We then show, in a low $\mathrm{NSOP}_{1}$ theory or when $p$ is isolated, if $p \in S(C)$ has the definable Morley property for Kim-independence, Kim-forking with realizations of $p$ gives a nontrivial instance of the simple Kim-forking conjecture itself. In particular, when $F_{Mb}(p) < \infty$ and $|S^{F_{Mb}(p) + 1}(C)| < \infty$, Kim-forking with realizations of $p$ gives us a nontrivial instance of the simple Kim-forking conjecture. We show that the quantity $F_{Mb}$, motivated in simple and $\mathrm{NSOP}_{1}$ theories by the above results, is in fact nontrivial even in stable theories.