Tag Archives: C-sequence

Ketonen’s question and other cardinal sins

Joint work with Zhixing You and Jiachen Yuan. Abstract. Intersection models of generic extensions obtained from a commutative projection systems of notions of forcing has recently regained interest, especially in the study of descriptive set theory. Here, we show that … Continue reading

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Proxy principles in combinatorial set theory

Joint work with Ari Meir Brodsky and Shira Yadai. Abstract. The parameterized proxy principles were introduced by Brodsky and Rinot in a 2017 paper as new foundations for the construction of $\kappa$-Souslin trees in a uniform way that does not … Continue reading

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Diamond on ladder systems and countably metacompact topological spaces

Joint work with Rodrigo Rey Carvalho and Tanmay Inamdar. Abstract. Leiderman and Szeptycki proved that a single Cohen real introduces a ladder system $L$ over $\aleph_1$ for which the space $X_L$ is not a $\Delta$-space. They asked whether there is … Continue reading

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The vanishing levels of a tree

Joint work with Shira Yadai and Zhixing You. Abstract. We initiate the study of the spectrum $Vspec(\kappa)$ of sets that can be realized as the vanishing levels $V(\mathbf T)$ of a normal $\kappa$-tree $\mathbf T$. The latter is an invariant in … Continue reading

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Was Ulam right? II: Small width and general ideals

Joint work with Tanmay Inamdar. Abstract. We continue our study of Sierpinski-type colourings. In contrast to the prequel paper, we focus here on colourings for ideals stratified by their completeness degree. In particular, improving upon Ulam’s theorem and its extension … Continue reading

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Was Ulam right? I: Basic theory and subnormal ideals

Joint work with Tanmay Inamdar. Abstract. We introduce various coloring principles which generalize the so-called onto mapping principle of Sierpinski to larger cardinals and general ideals. We prove that these principles capture the notion of an Ulam matrix and allow … Continue reading

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A microscopic approach to Souslin-tree constructions. Part II

Joint work with Ari Meir Brodsky. Abstract. In Part I of this series, we presented the microscopic approach to Souslin-tree constructions, and argued that all known $\diamondsuit$-based constructions of Souslin trees with various additional properties may be rendered as applications of … Continue reading

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Knaster and friends II: The C-sequence number

Joint work with Chris Lambie-Hanson. Abstract. Motivated by a characterization of weakly compact cardinals due to Todorcevic, we introduce a new cardinal characteristic, the C-sequence number, which can be seen as a measure of the compactness of a regular uncountable … Continue reading

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11th Young Set Theory Workshop, June 2018

I gave a 4-lecture tutorial at the 11th Young Set Theory Workshop, Lausanne, June 2018. Title: In praise of C-sequences. Abstract. Ulam and Solovay showed that any stationary set may be split into two. Is it also the case that … Continue reading

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