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On the arithmetic of density

Logic 2015-10-09 v1

Abstract

The κ\kappa-density of a cardinal μκ\mu\ge\kappa is the least cardinality of a dense collection of κ\kappa-subsets of μ\mu and is denoted by D(μ,κ)\mathcal D(\mu,\kappa). The Singular Density Hypothesis (SDH) for a singular cardinal μ\mu of cofinality cfμ=κcf\mu=\kappa is the equation D(μ,κ)=μ+\mathcal D(\mu,\kappa)=\mu^+. The Generalized Density Hypothesis (GDH) for μ\mu and λ\lambda such that λμ\lambda\le\mu is: D(μ,λ)=μ\mathcal D(\mu,\lambda)=\mu if cfμcfλcf\mu\not=cf\lambda and D(μ,λ)=μ+\mathcal D(\mu,\lambda)=\mu^+ if cfμ=cfλcf\mu=cf\lambda. Density is shown to satisfy Silver's theorem. The most important case is: Theorem 2.6. If κ=cfκ<θ=cfμ<μ\kappa=cf\kappa<\theta=cf\mu<\mu and the set of cardinals λ<μ\lambda<\mu of cofinality κ\kappa that satisfy the \textsf{SDH} is stationary in μ\mu then the SDH holds at μ\mu. A more general version is given in Theorem 2.8 A corollary of Theorem 2.6 is: Theorem 3.2 If the Singular Density Hypothesis holds for all sufficiently large singular cardinals of some fixed cofinality κ\kappa, then for all cardinals λ\lambda with cfλκcf\lambda \ge \kappa, for all sufficiently large μ\mu, the GDH holds.

Cite

@article{arxiv.1510.02429,
  title  = {On the arithmetic of density},
  author = {Menachem Kojman},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:1510.02429},
  year   = {2015}
}
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