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A long chain of P-points

Logic 2016-07-26 v1 General Topology

Abstract

The notion of a δ\delta-generic sequence of P-points is introduced in this paper. It is proved assuming the Continuum Hypothesis that for each δ<ω2\delta < {\omega}_{2}, any δ\delta-generic sequence of P-points can be extended to an ω2{\omega}_{2}-generic sequence. This shows that the Continuum Hypothesis implies that there is a chain of P-points of length c+{\mathfrak{c}}^{+} with respect to both Rudin-Keisler and Tukey reducibility. The proofs can be easily adapted to get such a chain of length c+{\mathfrak{c}}^{+} under a more general hypothesis like Martin's Axiom. These results answer an old question of Andreas Blass.

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@article{arxiv.1607.07188,
  title  = {A long chain of P-points},
  author = {Borisa Kuzeljevic and Dilip Raghavan},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:1607.07188},
  year   = {2016}
}

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