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Arcs in the Plane

General Topology 2009-06-16 v1 Logic

Abstract

Assuming PFA, every uncountable subset E of the plane meets some C^1 arc in an uncountable set. This is not provable from MA(aleph_1), although in the case that E is analytic, this is a ZFC result. The result is false in ZFC for C^2 arcs, and the counter-example is a perfect set.

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@article{arxiv.0906.2753,
  title  = {Arcs in the Plane},
  author = {Joan E. Hart and Kenneth Kunen},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:0906.2753},
  year   = {2009}
}

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14 pages

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