On two problems of Erdös and Hechler: New methods in singular madness

Menachem Kojman*, Wiesław Kubiś, Saharon Shelah

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Abstract

For an infinite cardinal μ, MAD(μ) denotes the set of all cardinalities of nontrivial maximal almost disjoint families over μ. Erd̈os and Hechler proved in 1973 the consistency of μ, ∈ MAD(μ) for a singular cardinal μ and asked if it was ever possible for a singular μ that μ ∉ MAD(μ), and also whether 2 cf μ < μ ↔ μ ∈ MAD(μ) for every singular cardinal μ. We introduce a new method for controlling MAD(μ) for a singular μ and, among other new results about the structure of MAD(μ) for singular μ, settle both problems affirmatively.

Original languageEnglish
Pages (from-to)3357-3365
Number of pages9
JournalProceedings of the American Mathematical Society
Volume132
Issue number11
DOIs
StatePublished - Nov 2004

Keywords

  • Almost disjoint family
  • Bounding number
  • Singular cardinal
  • Smooth pcf scales

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