Possible cardinalities of maximal abelian subgroups of quotients of permutation groups of the integers

• Autorzy: Saharon Shelah , Juris Steprāns
• Języki publikacji: EN

Abstrakty

EN

If G is a group then the abelian subgroup spectrum of G is defined to be the set of all κ such that there is a maximal abelian subgroup of G of size κ. The cardinal invariant A(G) is defined to be the least uncountable cardinal in the abelian subgroup spectrum of G. The value of A(G) is examined for various groups G which are quotients of certain permutation groups on the integers. An important special case, to which much of the paper is devoted, is the quotient of the full symmetric group by the normal subgroup of permutations with finite support. It is shown that, if we use G to denote this group, then A(G) ≤ 𝔞. Moreover, it is consistent that A(G) ≠ 𝔞. Related results are obtained for other quotients using Borel ideals.

Kategorie tematyczne

• 20B30: Symmetric groups
• 03E50: Continuum hypothesis and Martin's axiom
• 03E17: Cardinal characteristics of the continuum
• 03E40: Other aspects of forcing and Boolean-valued models
• 20B07: General theory for infinite groups
• 20B35: Subgroups of symmetric groups
• 03E35: Consistency and independence results

• Wydawca: Institute of Mathematics Polish Academy of Sciences
• Czasopismo: Fundamenta Mathematicae
• Rocznik: 2007
• Tom: 196
• Numer: 3
• Strony: 197-235

Daty

wydano

2007

Twórcy

autor

Saharon Shelah

• Department of Mathematics, Rutgers University, Hill Center, Piscataway, NJ 08854-8019, U.S.A.
• Institute of Mathematics, Hebrew University, Givat Ram, Jerusalem 91904, Israel

autor

Juris Steprāns

• Department of Mathematics, York University, 4700 Keele Street, North York, Ontario, Canada M3J 1P3
• Fields Institute, 222 College Street, Toronto, Canada M5T 3J1

Identyfikatory

DOI

10.4064/fm196-3-1