Cofinality spectrum theorems in model theory, set theory, and general topology

M. Malliaris, S. Shelah

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Abstract

We connect and solve two long-standing open problems in quite different areas: the model-theoretic question of whether SOP2 is maximal in Keisler’s order, and the question from general topology/set theory of whether p=t, the oldest problem on cardinal invariants of the continuum. We do so by showing these problems can be translated into instances of a more fundamental problem which we state and solve completely, using model-theoretic methods.

Original languageEnglish
Pages (from-to)237-297
Number of pages61
JournalJournal of the American Mathematical Society
Volume29
Issue number1
DOIs
StatePublished - Jan 2015

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