The Bounded Axiom A Forcing Axiom

We introduce the Bounded Axiom A Forcing Axiom (BAAFA). It turns out that it is equiconsistent with the existence of a regular ∑₂‐correct cardinal and hence also equiconsistent with BPFA. Furthermore we show that, if consistent, it does not imply the Bounded Proper Forcing Axiom (BPFA) (© 2010 WILEY‐VCH Verlag GmbH & Co. KGaA, Weinheim)     

Compact Metric Spaces and Weak Forms of the Axiom of Choice

It is shown that for compact metric spaces (X, d) the following statements are pairwise equivalent: “X is Loeb”, “X is separable”, “X has a we ordered dense subset”, “X is second countable”, and “X has a dense set G = ∪{G_n : n ∈ ω}, ∣G_n∣ < ω, with lim_n→∞ diam (G _n) = 0”. Further, it is shown that the statement: “Compact metric spaces are weakly Loeb” is not provable in ZF⁰ , the Zermelo‐Fraenkel set theory without the axiom of regularity, and that the countable axiom of choice for families of finite sets CAC_fin does not imply the statement “Compact metric spaces are separable”.     

Ultrafilter translations

We develop a method for extending results about ultrafilters into a more general setting. In this paper we shall be mainly concerned with applications to cardinality logics. For example, assumingV=L, Gödel's Axiom of Constructibility, we prove that if > then the logic with the quantifier there exist many is (,)-compact if and only if either is weakly compact or is singular of cofinality<. As a corollary, for every infinite cardinals and , there exists a (,)-compact non-(,)-compact logic if and only if either < orcf<cf or < is weakly compact.Counterexamples are given showing that the above statements may fail, ifV=L is not assumed.However, without special assumptions, analogous results are obtained for the stronger notion of [,]-compactness.     

The Ultrafilter Closure in ZF

It is well known that, in a topological space, the open sets can be characterized using ?lter convergence. In ZF (Zermelo‐Fraenkel set theory without the Axiom of Choice), we cannot replace filters by ultrafilters. It is proven that the ultra?lter convergence determines the open sets for every topological space if and only if the Ultrafilter Theorem holds. More, we can also prove that the Ultra?lter Theorem is equivalent to the fact that u_X = k_X for every topological space X, where k is the usual Kuratowski closure operator and u is the Ultra?lter Closure with u_X (A):= {x ∈ X: (? U ultrafilter in X)[U converges to x and A ∈ U ]}. However, it is possible to built a topological space X for which u_X ≠ k_X, but the open sets are characterized by the ultra?lter convergence. To do so, it is proved that if every set has a free ultra?lter, then the Axiom of Countable Choice holds for families of non‐empty finite sets. It is also investigated under which set theoretic conditions the equality u = k is true in some subclasses of topological spaces, such as metric spaces, second countable T0‐spaces or {?} (© 2010 WILEY‐VCH Verlag GmbH & Co. KGaA, Weinheim)     

超滤函子余代数范畴

研究了超滤函子余代数范畴set_(F_u)的乘积和余积问题.首先构造了集合乘积上的超滤,讨论集合乘积上超滤的存在形式;接着利用超滤函子的性质给出了范畴set_(F_u)的有限乘积以及任意余积构造;最后证明了范畴set_(F_u)的终对象存在.改进了Gumm关于滤子函子的研究结果,深化了相关文献关于超滤函子余代数的研究.     

Versions of Normality and Some Weak Forms of the Axiom of Choice

We investigate the set theoretical strength of some properties of normality, including Urysohn's Lemma, Tietze-Urysohn Extension Theorem, normality of disjoint unions of normal spaces, and normality of F_σ subsets of normal spaces.     

Weak Forms of the Axiom of Choice and the Generalized Continuum Hypothesis

In this paper we study some statements similar to the Partition Principle and the Trichotomy. We prove some relationships between these statements, the Axiom of Choice, and the Generalized Continuum Hypothesis. We also prove some independence results. MSC: 03E25, 03E50, 04A25, 04A50.     

集合范畴上超滤函子的余代数

定义了集合范畴上的超滤函子F_u(-),并研究了相关性质.包括函子F_u(-)在有限集上保拉回,一个集合的子集成为F_u-子余代数的充要条件,以及两个余代数之间的态射是F_u-余代数同态的充要条件,子集成为子余代数的充要条件,最后以拓扑空间作为F_u-余代数的具体实例,研究了拓扑空间的连续映射与超滤函子的余代数同态之间的关系.     

Some Weak Forms of the Axiom of Choice Restricted to the Real Line

It is shown that AC(ℝ), the axiom of choice for families of non‐empty subsets of the real line ℝ, does not imply the statement PW(ℝ), the powerset of ℝ can be well ordered. It is also shown that (1) the statement “the set of all denumerable subsets of ℝ has size 2 ${}^{\text{ℵ}{}_{\text{0}}}$ ” is strictly weaker than AC(ℝ) and (2) each of the statements (i) “if every member of an infinite set of cardinality 2 ${}^{\text{ℵ}{}_{\text{0}}}$ has power 2 ${}^{\text{ℵ}{}_{\text{0}}}$ , then the union has power 2 ${}^{\text{ℵ}{}_{\text{0}}}$ ” and (ii) “ℵ(2 ${}^{\text{ℵ}{}_{\text{0}}}$ ) ≠ ℵ_ω” (ℵ(2 ${}^{\text{ℵ}{}_{\text{0}}}$ ) is Hartogs' aleph, the least ℵ not ≤ 2 ${}^{\text{ℵ}{}_{\text{0}}}$ ), is strictly weaker than the full axiom of choice AC.     

The Generalized Axiom of Spheres

Some generalization is proposed for the axiom of spheres. A collection of Riemannian spaces is constructed which satisfy the generalized axiom of spheres, but do not satisfy the earlier-known axioms of submanifolds. The structure is found of the curvature tensor of manifolds satisfying the generalized axiom of spheres. This structure mostly resembles the structure of the curvature tensor of manifolds with the generalized axiom of planes.     

Ultrafilter Spaces and m-Contiguities

The concept of an m-contiguity (or m-looseness) has been introduced in [4]. The purpose of the paper is to characterize m-loosenesses with the help of subsets of Ω(X) ^m where X denotes the underlying set of the m-looseness and Ω(X) is the set of all ultrasfilters in X. This revised version was published online in June 2006 with corrections to the Cover Date.     

Ultrafilter Convergence in Ordered Topological Spaces

We characterize ultrafilter convergence and ultrafilter compactness in linearly ordered and generalized ordered topological spaces. In such spaces, and for every ultrafilter D, the notions of D-compactness and of D-pseudocompactness are equivalent. Any product of initially λ-compact generalized ordered topological spaces is still initially λ-compact. On the other hand, preservation under products of certain compactness properties is independent from the usual axioms for set theory.     

Zum Archimedischen Axiom

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Dem Wirken des hervorragenden ungarischen GeometersWolfgang Bolyai zum 200. Geburtstag     

The Priestley Separation Axiom for Scattered Spaces

Let R be a quasi-order on a compact Hausdorff topological space X. We prove that if X is scattered, then R satisfies the Priestley separation axiom if and only if R is closed in the product space X×X. Furthermore, if X is not scattered, then we show that there is a quasi-order on X that is closed in X×X but does not satisfy the Priestley separation axiom. As a result, we obtain a new characterization of scattered compact Hausdorff spaces.     

Fuzzifying半拓扑空间的分离公理

在fuzzify ing拓扑空间中,利用fuzzify ing半开集、fuzzify ing半邻域系及fuzzify ing半闭包等概念导入了ST0-,ST1-,ST2-,ST3-,ST4-分离公理,并给出这5个公里的等价命题以及它们的关系。     

The Axiom of Countable Choice and Pointfree Topology

The Axiom of Countable Choice is known to be equivalent, somewhat surprisingly, to certain conditions for frames involving the Lindelöf property, such as: all copowers of the discrete topology N on the set of natural numbers are Lindelöf. This paper presents an augmented version of the results known in this area, with simplified and more conceptual proofs, based on the systematic use of certain choice-free characterizations of the closed quotients of copowers of N and a particular representation of the coreflection associated with these, as well as their analogues for completely regular frames.     

The Axiom of Choice in Second-Order Predicate Logic

The present article deals with the power of the axiom of choice (AC) within the second-order predicate logic. We investigate the relationship between several variants of AC and some other statements, known as equivalent to AC within the set theory of Zermelo and Fraenkel with atoms, in Henkin models of the one-sorted second-order predicate logic with identity without operation variables. The construction of models follows the ideas of Fraenkel and Mostowski. It is e. g. shown that the well-ordering theorem for unary predicates is independent from AC for binary predicates and from the trichotomy law for unary predicates. Moreover, we show that the AC for binary predicates follows neither from the trichotomy law for unary predicates nor from Zorn's lemma for unary predicates nor from the formalization of the axiom of choice for disjoint families of sets for binary predicates, and that the trichotomy law for unary predicates does not follow from AC for binary predicates. Mathematics Subject Classification: 03B15, 03E25, 04A25.