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Strong amalgamation property

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Definition

Fix a signature and let 𝒦\mathcal{K} be a class of algebras of this signature, closed under isomorphism. The class 𝒦\mathcal{K} has the strong amalgamation property if the following holds. For all A,B,Cβˆˆπ’¦A, B, C \in \mathcal{K} and all embeddings f ⁣:Aβ†’Bf \colon A \to B and g ⁣:Aβ†’Cg \colon A \to C, there are Dβˆˆπ’¦D \in \mathcal{K} and embeddings f′ ⁣:Bβ†’Df' \colon B \to D and g′ ⁣:Cβ†’Dg' \colon C \to D such that:

  1. fβ€²βˆ˜f=gβ€²βˆ˜gf' \circ f = g' \circ g;
  2. fβ€²(B)∩gβ€²(C)=fβ€²(f(A))f'(B) \cap g'(C) = f'(f(A)).

Remarks

Clause 1 alone is the amalgamation property, so the strong amalgamation property implies the amalgamation property. Clause 2 says that an element of BB and an element of CC have the same image in DD only if both come from the same element of AA.

Example: the class of groups has the strong amalgamation property. Take D=Bβˆ—ACD = B *_A C, the free product of BB and CC amalgamated over AA. By the normal form theorem for amalgamated free products, BB and CC embed in DD and their images meet exactly in the image of AA.

Non-example: the class of fields has the amalgamation property but fails clause 2. Let A=β„šA = \Q and B=C=β„š(2)B = C = \Q(\sqrt{2}), with f=gf = g the inclusion. In any field DD with embeddings fβ€²,gβ€²f', g' that agree on β„š\Q, both fβ€²(2)f'(\sqrt{2}) and gβ€²(2)g'(\sqrt{2}) are roots of x2βˆ’2x^2 - 2, so gβ€²(2)=Β±fβ€²(2)g'(\sqrt{2}) = \pm f'(\sqrt{2}). Hence gβ€²(2)g'(\sqrt{2}) lies in fβ€²(B)∩gβ€²(C)f'(B) \cap g'(C) but not in the image of β„š\Q.

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