Descriptive Set Theory and Forcing
How to prove theorems about Borel sets the hard way
Published on 18. September 1995
Book
Paperback/Softback
IV, 133 pages
978-3-540-60059-6 (ISBN)
Description
An advanced graduate course. Some knowledge of forcing is assumed, and some elementary Mathematical Logic, e.g. the Lowenheim-Skolem Theorem. A student with one semester of mathematical logic and 1 of set theory should be prepared to read these notes. The first half deals with the general area of Borel hierarchies. What are the possible lengths of a Borel hierarchy in a separable metric space? Lebesgue showed that in an uncountable complete separable metric space the Borel hierarchy has uncountably many distinct levels, but for incomplete spaces the answer is independent. The second half includes Harrington's Theorem - it is consistent to have sets on the second level of the projective hierarchy of arbitrary size less than the continuum and a proof and appl- ications of Louveau's Theorem on hyperprojective parameters.
Reviews / Votes
"Miller includes interesting historical material and references. His taste for slick, elegant proofs makes the book pleasant to read. The author makes good use of his sense of humor...Most readers will enjoy the comments, footnotes, and jokes scattered throughout the book." Studia LogicaMore details
Series
Edition
1995 ed.
Language
English
Place of publication
Berlin
Germany
Publishing group
Springer Berlin
Target group
Professional and scholarly
Research
Illustrations
1 s/w Abbildung
IV, 133 p. 1 illus.
Dimensions
Height: 235 mm
Width: 155 mm
Thickness: 8 mm
Weight
224 gr
ISBN-13
978-3-540-60059-6 (9783540600596)
DOI
10.1007/978-3-662-21773-3
Schweitzer Classification
Content
1 What are the reals, anyway?.- I On the length of Borel hierarchies.- 2 Borel Hierarchy.- 3 Abstract Borel hierarchies.- 4 Characteristic function of a sequence.- 5 Martin's Axiom.- 6 Generic G?.- 7 ?-forcing.- 8 Boolean algebras.- 9 Borel order of a field of sets.- 10 CH and orders of separable metric spaces.- 11 Martin-Solovay Theorem.- 12 Boolean algebra of order ?1.- 13 Luzin sets.- 14 Cohen real model.- 15 The random real model.- 16 Covering number of an ideal.- II Analytic sets.- 17 Analytic sets.- 18 Constructible well-orderings.- 19 Hereditarily countable sets.- 20 Shoenfield Absoluteness.- 21 Mansfield-Solovay Theorem.- 22 Uniformity and Scales.- 23 Martin's axiom and Constructibility.- 24
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