Boolean valued analysis. Selected topics (Q2808370)

This is the third book by the same authors on the topic, viz., [Boolean valued analysis. Transl. from the Russian. Dordrecht: Kluwer Academic Publishers (1999; Zbl 0935.03058)] appeared in 1999 and was surpassed by an enlarged version in 2005 [Introduction to Boolean-valued analysis. Moskva: Nauka (2005; Zbl 1087.03032)]. The monograph under review focuses on order bounded operators on Riesz spaces (i.e., vector lattices).NEWLINENEWLINEThe book is divided into five chapters. The first chapter gathers prerequisites and notions concerning model theory. The second deals with Boolean numbers, paying special attention to Riesz spaces. The authors get into the bare bones of the topic beginning with Chapter 3, which is developed around order bounded operators. Band preserving operators are studied in the fourth chapter, while the last chapter addresses order continuous operators.NEWLINENEWLINEA large part of the book covers material covers material published quite recently in several papers on the topic. For instance, a section devoted to disjointness preserving operators comes from the authors' paper [Sib. Math. J. 55, No. 5, 915--928 (2014; Zbl 1317.47040); translation from Sib. Mat. Zh. 55, No. 5, 915--928 (2014)]. Also, the long paragraph dealing with bimorphisms on Riesz spaces comes from \textit{A. G. Kusraev} and \textit{S. N. Tabuev} [Vladikavkaz. Mat. Zh. 6, No. 1, 58--70 (2004; Zbl 1094.47514)] and [Sib. Mat. Zh. 49, No.~2, 357--366 (2008); translation in Sib. Math. J. 49, No.~2, 287--294 (2008; Zbl 1164.47335)]. Nevertheless, the highlight of the book is the fact that it is centered on operators and, from this point of view, it is a thorough and rich text. In this regard, though not new, results provided are given with new proofs using non-standard arguments based upon model theory.NEWLINENEWLINEThe topic is very difficult and addresses a limited audience, namely, very few experts or brave readers. Chapters 1 and 2 intend to introduce this topic but seem to be insufficient to be able to follow some calculations, such as ``Ascending and descending'' techniques. To ensure clear readings of certain proofs, it would be helpful to have at hand previous monographs by the authors as well as the book by \textit{T. Jech} [Set theory. The third millennium edition, revised and expanded. Berlin: Springer (2003; Zbl 1007.03002)].