Aleksander Cieślak: Antichain numbers and other cardinal invariants of ideals

Tuesday, December 19, 2023 17:00

Location: room 601, Mathematical Institute, University of Wroclaw

Speaker:
Aleksander Cieślak

Title: Antichain numbers and other cardinal invariants of ideals

Abstract: Suppose that \(J\) is an ideal on \(\omega\). The \(J\)-antichain number is the smallest cardinality of a maximal antichain in the algebra \(P(\omega)\) modulo \(J\). We will estimate the \(J\)-antichain numbers for various Borel ideals. To do so, we will focus on two features of ideals which are crucial for our construction. First one is a cardinal invariant of an ideal \(J\) which lies (strictly) in between \(\rm{add}^*(J)\) and \(\rm{cov}^*(J)\). The second one is a property which allows diagonalisation of antichains and which is similar (but not equal) to being a \(P^+\) ideal.

Daria Perkowska: Non-meager filters

Tuesday, December 5, 2023 17:00

Location: room 601, Mathematical Institute, University of Wroclaw

Speaker:
Daria Perkowska

Title: Non-meager filters

Abstract: In the talk I will consider filters on \(\omega\) in the measurability (and complexity) context. Also, one can distinguish some natural subclasses of non-meager filters. We say that a filter \(F\) is ccc if \(P(\omega) /F\) is ccc. Similarly, we say that a filter supports a measure if there is a probability measure \(\mu\) on \(\omega\) such that \(F = \{A: \mu(A)=1\}\). I will show that every ultrafilter supports a measure, every measure supporting filter is ccc and every ccc filter is non-meager. So, one can think about these notions as forming some hierarchy of complexity of filters. This hierarchy is strict. Next I will show that for every ultrafilter from the forcing extension (by \(\mathbb{A}\)), there is a ground model filter F such that the ultrafilter extends F and there is an injective Boolean homomorphism \(\varphi: P(\omega) /F \to \mathbb{A}\).