Suslin trees, the bounding number, and partition relations

Abstract: We investigate the unbalanced ordinary partition relations of the form

l a m b d a i g h t a r r o w {(l a m b d a, a l p h a)}^{2}

for various values of the cardinal

l a m b d a

and the ordinal

a l p h a

. For example, we show that for every infinite cardinal

k a p p a,

the existence of a

{k a p p a}^{+} -

Suslin tree implies

{k a p p a}^{+} o t i g h t a r r o w {l e f t ({k a p p a}^{+}, {l o g}_{k a p p a} ({k a p p a}^{+}) + 2 i g h t)}^{2}

. The consistency of the positive partition relation

m a t h f r a k b i g h t a r r o w {(m a t h f r a k b, a l p h a)}^{2}

for all

a l p h a < {o m e g a}_{1}

for the bounding number

m a t h f r a k b

is also established from large cardinals.

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