ArticleOriginal scientific text

Title

Towers of measurable functions

Authors 1

Affiliations

  1. Department of Mathematics, University of Toronto, Toronto, Ontario

Abstract

We formulate variants of the cardinals f, p and t in terms of families of measurable functions, in order to examine the effect upon these cardinals of adding one random real.

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Pages:
165-192
Main language of publication
English
Received
1999-09-05
Accepted
2000-02-22
Published
2000
Exact and natural sciences