Produktinformation
This book is concerned with cardinal number valued functions defined for any Boolean algebra. Examples of such functions are independence, which assigns to each Boolean algebra the supremum of the cardinalities of its free subalgebras, and cellularity, which gives the supremum of cardinalities of sets of pairwise disjoint elements. Twenty-one such functions are studied in detail, and many more in passing. The questions considered are the behaviour of these functions under algebraic operations such as products, free products, ultraproducts, and their relationships to one another. Assuming familiarity with only the basics of Boolean algebras and set theory, through simple infinite combinatorics and forcing, the book reviews current knowledge about these functions, giving complete proofs for most facts. A special feature of the book is the attention given to open problems, of which 185 are formulated. Based on Cardinal Functions on Boolean Algebras (1990) and Cardinal Invariants on Boolean Algebras (1996) by the same author, the present work is much larger than either of these. It contains solutions to many of the open problems of the earlier volumes. Among the new topics are continuum cardinals on Boolean algebras, with a lengthy treatment of the reaping number. Diagrams at the end of the book summarize the relationships between the functions for many important classes of Boolean algebras, including interval algebras, tree algebras and superatomic algebras.Produktkennzeichnungen
ISBN-103034807295
ISBN-139783034807296
eBay Product ID (ePID)171056133
Produkt Hauptmerkmale
VerlagSpringer Basel
Erscheinungsjahr2014
Anzahl der Seiten584 Seiten
PublikationsnameCardinal Invariants On Boolean Algebras
SpracheEnglisch
ProduktartLehrbuch
AutorJ. Donald Monk
ReiheProgress in Mathematics
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InhaltsbeschreibungHc Runder Rücken Kaschiert
Nummer Innerhalb der Serie142
Item Height3cm
Item Length24cm
AusgabeAusgabe Nr. 2 des Jahres 14
Item Weight1kg
Item Width16cm