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Cardinal functions on ultra products of Boolean algebras

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  12 March 2014

Douglas Peterson
Douglas Peterson*
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This article is concerned with functions k assigning a cardinal number to each infinite Boolean algebra (BA), and the behaviour of such functions under ultraproducts. For some common functions k we have

for others we have ≤ instead, under suitable assumptions. For the function π character we go into more detail. More specifically, ≥ holds when F is regular, for cellularity, length, irredundance, spread, and incomparability. ≤ holds for π. ≥ holds under GCH for F regular, for depth, π, πχ, χ, h-cof, tightness, hL, and hd. These results show that ≥ can consistently hold in ZFC since if V = L holds then all uniform ultrafilters are regular. For π-character we prove two more results: (1) If F is regular and ess , then

(2) It is relatively consistent to have , where A is the denumerable atomless BA.

A thorough analysis of what happens without the assumption that F is regular can be found in Rosłanowski, Shelah [8] and Magidor, Shelah [5]. Those papers also mention open problems concerning the above two possible inequalities.

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Research Article
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The Journal of Symbolic Logic , Volume 62 , Issue 1 , March 1997 , pp. 43 - 59
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Copyright © Association for Symbolic Logic 1997

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