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    Was Sierpinski right? IV

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    We prove for any mu = mu^{< mu}< theta < lambda, lambda large enough (just strongly inaccessible Mahlo) the consistency of 2^mu = lambda-> [theta]^2_3 and even 2^mu = lambda-> [theta]^2_{sigma,2} for sigma < mu . The new point is that possibly theta > mu^+

    On the existence of universal models

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    Suppose that λ=λ<λ≥ℵ0\lambda=\lambda^{<\lambda} \ge\aleph_0, and we are considering a theory TT. We give a criterion on TT which is sufficient for the consistent existence of λ++\lambda^{++} universal models of TT of size λ+\lambda^+ for models of TT of size ≤λ+\le\lambda^+, and is meaningful when 2λ+>λ++2^{\lambda^+}>\lambda^{++}. In fact, we work more generally with abstract elementary classes. The criterion for the consistent existence of universals applies to various well known theories, such as triangle-free graphs and simple theories. Having in mind possible applications in analysis, we further observe that for such λ\lambda, for any fixed μ>λ+\mu>\lambda^+ regular with μ=μλ+\mu=\mu^{\lambda^+}, it is consistent that 2λ=μ2^\lambda=\mu and there is no normed vector space over {\Bbf Q} of size <μ<\mu which is universal for normed vector spaces over {\Bbf Q} of dimension λ+\lambda^+ under the notion of embedding hh which specifies (a,b)(a,b) such that \norm{h(x)}/\norm{x}\in (a,b) for all xx
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