Independent families in Boolean algebras with some separation properties (Q2376307)

A Boolean algebra \(\mathcal A\) is said to have the subsequential completeness property if for any countably infinite antichain \(\{ A_n : n \in \mathbb{N} \} \subseteq \mathcal{A}\) there exists an infinite \(M \subseteq \mathbb{N}\) such that in \(\mathcal{A}\) the supremum of \(\{ A_n : n \in M\}\) exists. The authors prove that each infinite Boolean algebra \(\mathcal{A}\) which has the subsequential completeness property, has an independent family of cardinality \(\mathfrak{c}\). This essentially improves a result of Argyros from the 1980s. They use their result to show that for each Boolean algebra \(\mathcal{A}\) with the subsequential completeness property, its Stone space \(K_{\mathcal{A}}\) contains a copy of \(\beta(\mathbb{N})\) and the Banach space \(C(K_{\mathcal{A}})\) has \(l_{\infty}\) as a quotient. The authors show that if a Boolean algebra \(\mathcal{A}\) satisfies the weak subsequential seperation property, then \(C(K_{\mathcal{A}})\) has the positive Grothendieck property. They discuss connections with Efimov's problem.