On the possible values of the Rearrangement Number
Logic
2026-07-21 v1 Combinatorics
Abstract
The rearrangement number is the least cardinality of a collection of permutations of such that every conditionally convergent real series is disrupted by some permutation in the collection. Blass, Brendle, Brian, Hamkins, Hardy, and Larson proved that and asked whether is consistent. We prove that is consistent with ZFC. We also prove, in a different forcing extension, that . We further derive consequences for the subseries number and the splitting number .
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@article{arxiv.2607.18726,
title = {On the possible values of the Rearrangement Number},
author = {Vinicius de Oliveira Rodrigues},
journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:2607.18726},
year = {2026}
}