[FOM] complete atomless boolean algebras
Robert Black
Mongre at gmx.de
Thu Aug 17 06:24:54 EDT 2006
I have two questions about complete atomless boolean algebras to
which I find I can't (or can't easily) get answers from the
Koppelberg Handbook, but I expect there are members of this list who
can answer them instantly:
1) An infinite complete boolean algebra must have a cardinality k
such that k=k^aleph_0. Is this the only cardinality restriction on
complete *atomless* Boolean algebras? In particular, can the
cardinality of a complete atomless Boolean algebra be inaccessible?
2) A Boolean algebra B is homogeneous (I think this is the standard
word) iff for every nonzero p in B, the algebra induced on the x in B
less than or equal to p by the partial order inherited from B is
isomorphic to the whole of B. Trivially a homogeneous Boolean algebra
with cardinality greater than 2 is atomless. Now consider *complete*
homogeneous Boolean algebras. (There are such things, since unless
I'm making an embarrassing mistake the regular open algebra over R is
one.) Same question again: what cardinalities can complete
homogeneous Boolean algebras have, and in particular can their
cardinality be inaccessible?
Robert
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