Definitions of finiteness based on order properties

• Autorzy: Omar De la Cruz , Damir D. Dzhafarov , Eric J. Hall
• Języki publikacji: EN

Abstrakty

EN

A definition of finiteness is a set-theoretical property of a set that, if the Axiom of Choice (AC) is assumed, is equivalent to stating that the set is finite; several such definitions have been studied over the years. In this article we introduce a framework for generating definitions of finiteness in a systematical way: basic definitions are obtained from properties of certain classes of binary relations, and further definitions are obtained from the basic ones by closing them under subsets or under quotients.
We work in set theory without AC to establish relations of implication and independence between these definitions, as well as between them and other notions of finiteness previously studied in the literature. It turns out that several well known definitions of finiteness (including Dedekind finiteness) fit into our framework by being equivalent to one of our definitions; however, a few of our definitions are actually new. We also show that Ia-finite unions of Ia-finite sets are P-finite (one of our new definitions), but that the class of P-finite sets is not provably closed under unions.

Kategorie tematyczne

• 03E25: Axiom of choice and related propositions
• 03E20: Other classical set theory (including functions, relations, and set algebra)
• 03E35: Consistency and independence results
• 06A07: Combinatorics of partially ordered sets

• Wydawca: Institute of Mathematics Polish Academy of Sciences
• Czasopismo: Fundamenta Mathematicae
• Rocznik: 2006
• Tom: 189
• Numer: 2
• Strony: 155-172

Daty

wydano

2006

Twórcy

autor

Omar De la Cruz

• Department of Mathematics, Purdue University, West Lafayette, IN, U.S.A.
• Centre de Recerca Matematica, Barcelona, Spain
• Department of Statistics, University of Chicago, 5734 S. University Avenue, Chicago, Illinois 60637-1514, U.S.A.

autor

Damir D. Dzhafarov

• Department of Mathematics, Purdue University, West Lafayette, IN, U.S.A.
• Department of Mathematics, University of Chicago, 5734 S. University Avenue, Chicago, Illinois 60637-1514, U.S.A.

autor

Eric J. Hall

• Department of Mathematics and Statistics, University of Missouri-Kansas City, 5100 Rockhill Rd., Kansas City, MO 64110-2499, U.S.A.

Identyfikatory

DOI

10.4064/fm189-2-5