Additivity of the ideal of microscopic sets

Abstract: A set

M s u b s e t m a t h b b R

is microscopic if for each

v a r e p s i l o n > 0

there is a sequence of intervals

(J_{n})_{n i n o m e g a}

covering

M

and such that

| J_{n} | l e q v a r e p s i l o n^{n + 1}

for each

n i n o m e g a

. We show that there is a microscopic set which cannot be covered by a sequence

(J_{n})_{n i n o m e g a}

with

n i n o m e g a : J_{n} e q e m p t y s e t

of lower asymptotic density zero. We prove (in ZFC) that additivity of the ideal of microscopic sets is

o m e g a_{1}

. This solves a problem of G. Horbaczewska. Finally, we discuss additivity of some generalizations of this ideal.

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