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Remark on the altitude of Boolean algebras (English)
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The altitude of a BA A is the least infinite cardinal \(\lambda\) such that there is an ultrafilter F on A which is the union of a strictly increasing sequence of type \(\lambda\) of filters on A. This notion is closely related to the cofinality of A, studied by S. Koppelberg. It is a big open problem whether the altitude is always at most \(\omega_ 1\); it is easy to see that it is always at most \(2^{\omega}\). Here the author shows that it is consistent that CH fails and still every BA has altitude at most \(\omega_ 1\).
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altitude
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ultrafilter
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cofinality
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