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Proceedings of the American Mathematical Society

Published by the American Mathematical Society since 1950, Proceedings of the American Mathematical Society is devoted to shorter research articles in all areas of pure and applied mathematics.

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A simple construction for rigid and weakly homogeneous Boolean algebras answering a question of Rubin
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Proc. Amer. Math. Soc. 87 (1983), 601-606 Request permission

Abstract:

We introduce a method for constructing Boolean algebras from trees which preserves some of the trees’ properties. The method is used to produce a very simple construction for rigid Boolean algebras and to construct a weakly homogeneous Boolean algebra without homogeneous factors.
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Additional Information
  • © Copyright 1983 American Mathematical Society
  • Journal: Proc. Amer. Math. Soc. 87 (1983), 601-606
  • MSC: Primary 06E05
  • DOI: https://doi.org/10.1090/S0002-9939-1983-0687625-3
  • MathSciNet review: 687625