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.

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Archive for Mathematical Logic
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2025-09-17
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https://doi.org/10.1007/s00153-025-00985-2
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Advanced Topology and Set Theory
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Open filters and measurable cardinals

Lyubomyr Zdomskyy, Jaroslav Šupina, Serhii Bardyla
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Open filters and measurable cardinals

Lyubomyr Zdomskyy, Jaroslav Šupina, Serhii Bardyla
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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.

Archive for Mathematical LogicVol. 65(1)
University of Vienna (AT), TU Wien (AT), University of Pavol Jozef Šafárik (SK)
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
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