Independent families in complete Boolean algebras Journal Articles uri icon

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abstract

  • We present a proof (without any set-theoretical assumptions) that every infinite complete Boolean algebra includes a free subalgebra of the same cardinality. It follows that the set of all ultrafilters on an infinite complete Boolean algebra B B has power 2 | B | 2^{|B|} .

publication date

  • January 1, 1982