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Special subsets of cf(μ)μ, Boolean algebras and Maharam measure algebras

✍ Scribed by Saharon Shelah


Publisher
Elsevier Science
Year
1999
Tongue
English
Weight
792 KB
Volume
99
Category
Article
ISSN
0166-8641

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✦ Synopsis


The original theme of the paper is the existence proof of "there is η = η α : α < λ which is a (λ, J )-sequence for Ī = I i : i < δ , a sequence of ideals". This can be thought of as a generalization to Luzin sets and Sierpinski sets, but for the product i<δ dom(I i ), the existence proofs are related to pcf.

The second theme is when does a Boolean algebra B have a free caliber λ (i.e., if X ⊆ B and |X| = λ, then for some Y ⊆ X with |Y | = λ and Y is independent). We consider it for B being a Maharam measure algebra, or B a (small) product of free Boolean algebras, and κ-cc Boolean algebras. A central case is λ = ( ω ) + , or more generally, λ = µ + for µ strong limit singular of "small" cofinality. A second one is µ = µ <κ < λ < 2 µ ; the main case is λ regular but we also have things to say on the singular case. Lastly, we deal with ultraproducts of Boolean algebras in relation to irr(-) and s(-) etc.