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Published by the American Mathematical Society since 1900, Transactions of the American Mathematical Society is devoted to longer research articles in all areas of pure and applied mathematics.

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Boolean algebras with no rigid or homogeneous factors
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Trans. Amer. Math. Soc. 270 (1982), 131-147 Request permission

Abstract:

A simple construction of Boolean algebras with no rigid or homogeneous factors is described. It is shown that for every uncountable cardinal $\kappa$ there are ${2^\kappa }$ isomorphism types of Boolean algebras of power $\kappa$ with no rigid or homogeneous factors. A similar result is obtained for complete Boolean algebras for certain regular cardinals. It is shown that every Boolean algebra can be completely embedded in a complete Boolean algebra with no rigid or homogeneous factors in such a way that the automorphism group of the smaller algebra is a subgroup of the automorphism group of the larger algebra. It turns out that the cardinalities of antichains in both algebras are the same. It is also shown that every $\kappa$-distributive complete Boolean algebra can be completely embedded in a $\kappa$-distributive complete Boolean algebra with no rigid or homogeneous factors.
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  • © Copyright 1982 American Mathematical Society
  • Journal: Trans. Amer. Math. Soc. 270 (1982), 131-147
  • MSC: Primary 06E05; Secondary 03E40
  • DOI: https://doi.org/10.1090/S0002-9947-1982-0642333-3
  • MathSciNet review: 642333