Published online by Cambridge University Press: 17 April 2014
We establish several results regarding dividing and forking in NTP2theories. We show that dividing is the same as array-dividing. Combining it withexistence of strictly invariant sequences we deduce that forking satisfies thechain condition over extension bases (namely, the forking ideal is S1, inHrushovski’s terminology). Using it we prove an independence theoremover extension bases (which, in the case of simple theories, specializes to theordinary independence theorem). As an application we show that Lascar strongtype and compact strong type coincide over extension bases in an NTP2theory.
We also define the dividing order of a theory—a generalization ofPoizat’s fundamental order from stable theories—and givesome equivalent characterizations under the assumption of NTP2. Thelast section is devoted to a refinement of the class of strong theories and itsplace in the classification hierarchy.