Open filters and measurable cardinals
In this paper, we investigate the poset <mml:math xmlns:mml="http://www.w3.org/1998/Math/MathML"><mml:mrow><mml:mi>OF</mml:mi> <mml:mo>(</mml:mo> <mml:mi>X</mml:mi> <mml:mo>)</mml:mo></mml:mrow> </mml:math> of free open filters on a given space <i>X</i>. In particular, we characterize spaces for which <mml:math xmlns:mml="http://www.w3.org/1998/Math/MathML"><mml:mrow><mml:mi>OF</mml:mi> <mml:mo>(</mml:mo> <mml:mi>X</mml:mi> <mml:mo>)</mml:mo></mml:mrow> </mml:math> is a lattice. For each <mml:math xmlns:mml="http://www.w3.org/1998/Math/MathML"><mml:mrow><mml:mi>n</mml:mi> <mml:mo>∈</mml:mo> <mml:mi>N</mml:mi></mml:mrow> </mml:math> we construct a scattered space <i>X</i> such that <mml:math xmlns:mml="http://www.w3.org/1998/Math/MathML"><mml:mrow><mml:mi>OF</mml:mi> <mml:mo>(</mml:mo> <mml:mi>X</mml:mi> <mml:mo>)</mml:mo></mml:mrow> </mml:math> is order isomorphic to the <i>n</i>-element chain, which implies the affirmative answer to two questions of Mooney. Assuming CH we construct a scattered space <i>X</i> such that <mml:math xmlns:mml="http://www.w3.org/1998/Math/MathML"><mml:mrow><mml:mi>OF</mml:mi> <mml:mo>(</mml:mo> <mml:mi>X</mml:mi> <mml:mo>)</mml:mo></mml:mrow> </mml:math> is order isomorphic to <mml:math xmlns:mml="http://www.w3.org/1998/Math/MathML"><mml:mrow><mml:mo>(</mml:mo> <mml:mi>ω</mml:mi> <mml:mo>+</mml:mo> <mml:mn>1</mml:mn> <mml:mo>,</mml:mo> <mml:mo>≥</mml:mo> <mml:mo>)</mml:mo></mml:mrow> </mml:math> . To prove the latter facts we introduce and investigate a new stratification of ultrafilters which depends on scattered subspaces of <mml:math xmlns:mml="http://www.w3.org/1998/Math/MathML"><mml:mrow><mml:mi>β</mml:mi> <mml:mo>(</mml:mo> <mml:mi>κ</mml:mi> <mml:mo>)</mml:mo></mml:mrow> </mml:math> . Assuming the existence of <i>n</i> measurable cardinals, for every <mml:math xmlns:mml="http://www.w3.org/1998/Math/MathML"> <mml:mrow><mml:msub><mml:mi>m</mml:mi> <mml:mn>0</mml:mn></mml:msub> <mml:mo>,</mml:mo> <mml:mo>…</mml:mo> <mml:mo>,</mml:mo> <mml:msub><mml:mi>m</mml:mi> <mml:mi>n</mml:mi></mml:msub> <mml:mo>∈</mml:mo> <mml:mi>N</mml:mi></mml:mrow> </mml:math> we construct a space <i>X</i> such that <mml:math xmlns:mml="http://www.w3.org/1998/Math/MathML"><mml:mrow><mml:mi>OF</mml:mi> <mml:mo>(</mml:mo> <mml:mi>X</mml:mi> <mml:mo>)</mml:mo></mml:mrow> </mml:math> is order isomorphic to <mml:math xmlns:mml="http://www.w3.org/1998/Math/MathML"> <mml:mrow><mml:msubsup><mml:mo>∏</mml:mo> <mml:mrow><mml:mi>i</mml:mi> <mml:mo>=</mml:mo> <mml:mn>0</mml:mn></mml:mrow> <mml:mi>n</mml:mi></mml:msubsup> <mml:msub><mml:mi>m</mml:mi> <mml:mi>i</mml:mi></mml:msub> </mml:mrow> </mml:math> . Also, we show that the existence of a metric space possessing a free <mml:math xmlns:mml="http://www.w3.org/1998/Math/MathML"><mml:msub><mml:mi>ω</mml:mi> <mml:mn>1</mml:mn></mml:msub> </mml:math> -complete closed, <mml:math xmlns:mml="http://www.w3.org/1998/Math/MathML"><mml:msub><mml:mi>G</mml:mi> <mml:mi>δ</mml:mi></mml:msub> </mml:math> , <mml:math xmlns:mml="http://www.w3.org/1998/Math/MathML"><mml:msub><mml:mi>F</mml:mi> <mml:mi>σ</mml:mi></mml:msub> </mml:math> or Borel ultrafilter is equivalent to the existence of a measurable cardinal.
Authors
- Lyubomyr Zdomskyy (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-7450-2420)
- Jaroslav Šupina (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-0652-0627)
- Serhii Bardyla
Institutions
- University of Vienna (AT)
- TU Wien (AT)
- University of Pavol Jozef Šafárik (SK)
Publication Details
- Journal
- Archive for Mathematical Logic
- Published
- 2025-09-17
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.1007/s00153-025-00985-2
- Primary Topic
- Advanced Topology and Set Theory
- Type
- article
- Field-Weighted Citation Impact
- 0.00
Funders
- Austrian Science Fund
- Österreichische Agentur für Internationale Mobilität und Kooperation in Bildung, Wissenschaft und Forschung
- OeAD-GmbH
- Agentúra na Podporu Výskumu a Vývoja
- Vedecká Grantová Agentúra MŠVVaŠ SR a SAV