On strictly nonzero integer-valued charges

DOI10.1090/PROC/13700zbMATH Open1396.28024arXiv1608.01173OpenAlexW2963120511MaRDI QIDQ4577153FDOQ4577153

Authors: Swastik Kopparty, K. P. S. Bhaskara Rao 

Publication date: 17 July 2018

Published in: Proceedings of the American Mathematical Society (Search for Journal in Brave)

Abstract: A charge (finitely additive measure) defined on a Boolean algebra of sets taking values in a group $G$ is called a strictly nonzero (SNZ) charge if it takes the identity value in $G$ only for the zero element of the Boolean algebra. A study of such charges was initiated by Rudiger G"obel and K.P.S. Bhaskara Rao in 2002. Our main result is a solution to one of the questions posed in that paper: we show that for every cardinal $aleph$, the Boolean algebra of clopen sets of ${0,1}^{a}leph$ has a strictly nonzero integer-valued charge. The key lemma that we prove is that there exists a strictly nonzero integer-valued permutation-invariant charge on the Boolean algebra of clopen sets of ${0,1}^{alep{h}_0}$. Our proof is based on linear-algebraic arguments, as well as certain kinds of polynomial approximations of binomial coefficients. We also show that there is no integer-valued SNZ charge on $mathcalP(N)$. Finally, we raise some interesting problems on integer-valued SNZ charges.

Full work available at URL: https://arxiv.org/abs/1608.01173

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zbMATH Keywords

Boolean algebrachargesclopen setspermutaion-invariant charges

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Other combinatorial set theory (03E05) Group- or semigroup-valued set functions, measures and integrals (28B10)

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