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Rudin-Kisler ordering on the P-hierarchy

Logic 2012-04-19 v1

Abstract

M. E. Rudin in "Partial orders on the types of βN\beta {N}", (Trans. Amer. Math. Soc., 155, 1971, 353-362) proved (under CH) that for each P-point uu there is a P-point vv such that v>RKuv>_{RK}u. A. Blass in "Rudin - Kisler ordering on P-points" (Trans. Amer. Math. Soc. 179, 1973, 145-166) improved that theorem assuming MA in the place of CH, in that paper he also proved that under MA each RK-increasing sequence of P-points is upper bounded by a P-point. We improve Blass results simultaneously in 3 directions - we prove it for each class of index 2\geq 2 of P-hierarchy (P-points coincidence with a class P2P_2 of P-hierarchy), assuming b=c\mathfrak{b}=\mathfrak{c} in the place of MA and we show that there are at least b\mathfrak{b} many Rudin-Kisler incomparable such upper bounds.

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@article{arxiv.1204.4173,
  title  = {Rudin-Kisler ordering on the P-hierarchy},
  author = {Andrzej Starosolski},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:1204.4173},
  year   = {2012}
}

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