Format:
Online-Ressource (VII, 573 p. 15 illus, online resource)
Edition:
2nd ed. 2014
ISBN:
9783034807302
Series Statement:
Progress in Mathematics 142
Content:
Introduction -- 1. Special Operations on Boolean Algebras -- 2. Special Classes of Boolean Algebras -- 3. Cellularity -- 4. Depth -- 5. Topological Density -- 6. Pi-Weight -- 7. Length -- 8. Irredundance -- 9. Cardinality -- 10. Independence -- 11. Pi-Character -- 12. Tightness -- 13. Spread -- 14. Character -- 15. Hereditary Lindelöf Degree -- 16. Hereditary Density -- 17. Incomparability -- 18. Hereditary Cofinality -- 19. Number of Ultrafilters -- 20. Number of Automorphisms -- 21. Number of Endomorphisms -- 22. Number of Ideals -- 23. Number of Subalgebras -- 24. Other Cardinal Functions -- 25. Diagrams -- 26. Examples -- 27. Problems -- References -- Symbol Index -- Subject Index -- Name Index
Content:
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
Note:
Description based upon print version of record
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Introduction1. Special Operations on Boolean Algebras -- 2. Special Classes of Boolean Algebras -- 3. Cellularity -- 4. Depth -- 5. Topological Density -- 6. Pi-Weight -- 7. Length -- 8. Irredundance -- 9. Cardinality -- 10. Independence -- 11. Pi-Character -- 12. Tightness -- 13. Spread -- 14. Character -- 15. Hereditary Lindelöf Degree -- 16. Hereditary Density -- 17. Incomparability -- 18. Hereditary Cofinality -- 19. Number of Ultrafilters -- 20. Number of Automorphisms -- 21. Number of Endomorphisms -- 22. Number of Ideals -- 23. Number of Subalgebras -- 24. Other Cardinal Functions -- 25. Diagrams -- 26. Examples -- 27. Problems -- References -- Symbol Index -- Subject Index -- Name Index.
Additional Edition:
ISBN 9783034807296
Additional Edition:
Erscheint auch als Druck-Ausgabe Monk, James Donald, 1930 - Cardinal invariants on Boolean algebras Basel : Birkhäuser, 2014 ISBN 9783034807296
Language:
English
Subjects:
Mathematics
Keywords:
Boolesche Algebra
;
Funktion
;
Kardinalzahl
DOI:
10.1007/978-3-0348-0730-2
URL:
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Author information:
Monk, James Donald 1930-
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