On the number of countable models of complete theories with finite Rudin-Keisler preorders.
We prove: Theorem. If T is a countable, complete, stable, first-order theory having an infinite set of constants with different interpretations, then I(T,ℵ₀) ≥ ℵ₀.
We study the number of non-isomorphic subspaces of a given Banach space. Our main result is the following. Let be a Banach space with an unconditional basis ; then either there exists a perfect set P of infinite subsets of ℕ such that for any two distinct A,B ∈ P, , or for a residual set of infinite subsets A of ℕ, is isomorphic to , and in that case, is isomorphic to its square, to its hyperplanes, uniformly isomorphic to for any D ⊂ ℕ, and isomorphic to a denumerable Schauder decomposition...
The following question is analyzed under the assumption that the Axiom of Choice fails badly: Given a countable number of pairs of socks, then how many socks are there? Surprisingly this number is not uniquely determined by the above information, thus giving rise to the concept of Russell-cardinals. It will be shown that: • some Russell-cardinals are even, but others fail to be so; • no Russell-cardinal is odd; • no Russell-cardinal is comparable with any cardinal of the form or ; • finite sums...
We modify a game due to Berner and Juhász to get what we call “the open-open game (of length ω)”: a round consists of player I choosing a nonempty open subset of a space X and II choosing a nonempty open subset of I’s choice; I wins if the union of II’s open sets is dense in X, otherwise II wins. This game is of interest for ccc spaces. It can be translated into a game on partial orders (trees and Boolean algebras, for example). We present basic results and various conditions under which I or II...
Associative algebras of fixed dimension over algebraically closed fields of fixed characteristic are considered. It is proved that the class of algebras of tame representation type is axiomatizable. Moreover, finite axiomatizability of this class is equivalent to the conjecture that the algebras of tame representation type form a Zariski-open subset in the variety of algebras.