Rudin-Kisler ordering on the P-hierarchy

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Publication date: 18 April 2012

Abstract: M. E. Rudin in "Partial orders on the types of

", (Trans. Amer. Math. Soc., 155, 1971, 353-362) proved (under CH) that for each P-point

u

there is a P-point

v

such that

v >_{R K} u

. A. Blass in "Rudin - Kisler ordering on P-points" (Trans. Amer. Math. Soc. 179, 1973, 145-166) improved that theorem assuming MA in the place of CH, in that paper he also proved that under MA each RK-increasing sequence of P-points is upper bounded by a P-point. We improve Blass results simultaneously in 3 directions - we prove it for each class of index

g e q 2

of P-hierarchy (P-points coincidence with a class

P_{2}

of P-hierarchy), assuming

m a t h f r a k b = m a t h f r a k c

in the place of MA and we show that there are at least

m a t h f r a k b

many Rudin-Kisler incomparable such upper bounds.

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Other combinatorial set theory (03E05) Cardinal characteristics of the continuum (03E17)

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