Fields with few types

Abstract

AbstractAccording to Belegradek, a first order structure is weakly small if there are countably many 1-types over any of its finite subset. We show the following results. A field extension of finite degree of an infinite weakly small field has no Artin-Schreier extension. A weakly small field of characteristic 2 is finite or algebraically closed. A weakly small division ring of positive characteristic is locally finite dimensional over its centre. A weakly small division ring of characteristic 2 is a field.