The categoricity spectrum of a class of structures is the collection of cardinals in which the class has a single model up to isomorphism. Assuming that cardinal exponentiation is injective (a weakening of the generalized continuum hypothesis, GCH), we give a complete list of the possible categoricity spectrums of an abstract elementary class with amalgamation and arbitrarily large models. Specifically, the categoricity spectrum is either empty, an end segment starting below the Hanf number, or a closed interval consisting of finite successors of the Lowenheim-Skolem-Tarski number (there are examples of each type). We also prove (assuming a strengthening of the GCH) that the categoricity spectrum of an abstract elementary class with no maximal models is either bounded or contains an end segment. This answers several longstanding questions around Shelah's categoricity conjecture.
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Carnegie Mellon Univ, Dept Math Sci, Pittsburgh, PA 15213 USA
Harvard Univ, Dept Math, Cambridge, MA 02138 USACarnegie Mellon Univ, Dept Math Sci, Pittsburgh, PA 15213 USA
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Carnegie Mellon Univ, Dept Math Sci, Wean Hall 6113, Pittsburgh, PA 15213 USACarnegie Mellon Univ, Dept Math Sci, Wean Hall 6113, Pittsburgh, PA 15213 USA