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Maharam algebras and Cohen reals

Author(s): Ilijas Farah; Boban Velickovic
Journal: Proc. Amer. Math. Soc. 135 (2007), 2283-2290.
MSC (2000): Primary 03Exx; Secondary 28Axx
Posted: February 2, 2007
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Abstract: We show that the product of any two nonatomic Maharam algebras adds a Cohen real. As a corollary of this and a result of Shelah (1994) we obtain that the product of any two nonatomic ccc Souslin forcing notions adds a Cohen real.


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Additional Information:

Ilijas Farah
Affiliation: Department of Mathematics and Statistics, York University, 4700 Keele Street, North York, Ontario, Canada M3J 1P3
Address at time of publication: Matematicki Institut, Kneza Mihaila 35, Beograd, Serbia and Montenegro
Email: ifarah@mathstat.yorku.ca

Boban Velickovic
Affiliation: Equipe de Logique Mathématique, UFR de Mathématiques (case 7012), Université Denis-Diderot Paris 7, 2 place Jussieu, 75251 Paris Cedex 05, France
Address at time of publication: Matematicki Institut, Kneza Mihaila 35, Beograd, Serbia and Montenegro
Email: boban@logique.jussieu.fr

DOI: 10.1090/S0002-9939-07-08759-X
PII: S 0002-9939(07)08759-X
Keywords: Exhaustive submeasure, Maharam algebra, Cohen real
Received by editor(s): March 8, 2006
Posted: February 2, 2007
Additional Notes: These results were obtained in December 2004 while the authors were visiting the E. Schrödinger Institute in Vienna. We would like to thank the Institute for providing hospitality and a stimulating environment. The first author was partially supported by NSERC
Communicated by: Julia Knight
Copyright of article: Copyright 2007, American Mathematical Society
The copyright for this article reverts to public domain after 28 years from publication.


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