Parovičenko’s characterization of $\beta \omega -\omega$ implies CH
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Abstract:
Parovičenko characterized $\beta \omega - \omega$ (dually: the field of subsets of $\omega$ modulo the finite sets) under CH. We show that his characterization implies CH.References
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- © Copyright 1978 American Mathematical Society
- Journal: Proc. Amer. Math. Soc. 72 (1978), 539-541
- MSC: Primary 04A30; Secondary 54D40, 54F65, 54G05
- DOI: https://doi.org/10.1090/S0002-9939-1978-0509251-7
- MathSciNet review: 509251