Better closed ultrafilters on \(\mathbb{Q}{}\) (Q1206527)
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Better closed ultrafilters on \(\mathbb{Q}{}\) (English)
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1 April 1993
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Using MA for countable posets, the author proves, for each \(n\in\mathbb{N}\), there is a free closed ultrafilter \(\alpha\) on \(\mathbb{Q}\) such that (1) if \(K\) is a closed, scattered subspace of \(\mathbb{Q}\), there is some \(F\in\alpha\) such that \(F\cap K=\emptyset\), and (2) \(\{\beta\): \(\beta\) is an ultrafilter on \(\mathbb{Q}\) and \(\alpha\subseteq\beta\}\) has size \(n\).
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Stone-Čech compactification
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remainders
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rational numbers
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ultrafilter
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