Stability preservation theorems

The basic result of the paper is the main theorem worded as follows. Let {ie155-01} be a valued field such that {ie155-02} has characteristic p > 0 and let {ie155-03} be an extension of valued fields satisfying the following conditions: (i) there exists a set {ie155-04} for which {ie155-05} is a separating transcendence basis for a field {ie155-06} over F_R; (ii) Γ _R is p-pure in {ie155-07}, i.e., {ie155-08} does not contain elements of order p; (iii) there exists a set B₁ ⊂ F₀^× such that the family {ie155-09} is linearly independent in the elementary p-group {ie155-10}; (iv) F₀ is algebraic over F(B₀ ⋃ B₁). Then the property of being stable for {ie155-11} implies being stable for {ie155-12}. Supported by the Council for Grants (under RF President) and State Aid of Leading Scientific Schools (grant NSh-344.2008.1) and by RFBR (grant No. 08-01-00442-a). __________ Translated from Algebra i Logika, Vol. 47, No. 3, pp. 269–287, May–June, 2008.