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The power of trees

Logic 2026-04-22 v2 General Topology

Abstract

We give two consistent constructions of trees TT whose finite power Tn+1T^{n+1} is sharply different from TnT^n: 1. An 1\aleph_1-tree TT whose interval topology XTX_T is perfectly normal, but (XT)2(X_T)^2 is not even countably metacompact. 2. For an inaccessible κ\kappa and a positive integer nn, a κ\kappa-tree such that all of its nn-derived trees are Souslin and all of its (n+1)(n+1)-derived trees are special.

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@article{arxiv.2510.26419,
  title  = {The power of trees},
  author = {Ari Meir Brodsky and Assaf Rinot and Shira Yadai},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:2510.26419},
  year   = {2026}
}

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A polished version resulting from delivering a series of seminar talks

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