CHAPTER 13

Free Constructions

Martin FUNK

Dipartimento di Matematica, Università della Basilicata, Via Nazario Sauro 85, I-85100 Potenza, Italy

Karl STRAMBACH

Mathematisches Institut, Universität Erlangen--Nürnberg, Bismarckstraß e 1 1/2, D-91054 Erlangen, Germany

Contents

Subject Index
Introduction
1. Free extensions: model-theoretic point of view
1.1. Preliminaries from model theory
1.2. Examples
1.3. General theory of (hyper-)free extensions
1.4. Model-theoretic construction of free extensions
1.5. Degenerate models of
2. Survey of further results on free models
2.1. Canonical free models and free equivalence
2.2. Free projective and affine planes
2.3. Other classes of (free) geometries
3. Groups of projectivities in free geometries
3.1. Unifying treatment: model-theoretic point of view
3.2. Examples
3.3. Theorems about groups of projectivities in free models
4. Automorphism groups of free geometries
5. Free extensions and amalgamation techniques
References