A covering theorem and the random-indestructibility of the density zero ideal

DOI10.14321/REALANALEXCH.37.1.0055zbMATH Open1250.03093arXiv1109.4858OpenAlexW1613407213MaRDI QIDQ418204FDOQ418204

Authors: Márton Elekes 

Publication date: 28 May 2012

Published in: Real Analysis Exchange (Search for Journal in Brave)

Abstract: The main goal of this note is to prove the following theorem. If $A_n$ is a sequence of measurable sets in a $sigma$-finite measure space $(X,mathcalA,mu)$ that covers $mu$-a.e. $xinX$ infinitely many times, then there exists a sequence of integers $n_i$ of density zero so that $A_{n_i}$ still covers $mu$-a.e. $xinX$ infinitely many times. The proof is a probabilistic construction. As an application we give a simple direct proof of the known theorem that the ideal of density zero subsets of the natural numbers is random-indestructible, that is, random forcing does not add a co-infinite set of naturals that almost contains every ground model density zero set. This answers a question of B. Farkas.

Full work available at URL: https://arxiv.org/abs/1109.4858

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zbMATH Keywords

random forcingmeasure spaceanalytic P-idealdensity zeromeasurable setspseudo-intersection

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Classes of sets (Borel fields, (sigma)-rings, etc.), measurable sets, Suslin sets, analytic sets (28A05) Consistency and independence results (03E35) Other aspects of forcing and Boolean-valued models (03E40)

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• Towers in filters, cardinal invariants, and Luzin type families
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