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Stone-Čech compactification of a Boolean subalgebra of $\{0,1\}^S$

A partial answer. for your specific example, the algebra $B$ generated by the rational intervals, the answer is negative. This algebra is countable and dense in $2^\mathbb{R}$. It is countable and ze …
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Simplified method of building an Aronszajn tree

Your argument is basically Kurepa's proof from his thesis Ensembles ordonnées et ramifiés, see page 96 (a footnote has Aronszajn's construction). As noted in the comments you need to show that what yo …
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Hahn-Banach theorem and ultrafilter lemma

I'm using the notation of the original paper. In hindsight one could have used the principal ultrafilter generated by $\{n\}$, where $n$ is the index of the extension $F$ found in the proof. But that …
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Posets such that the collection of principal down-sets does not have property ${\bf B}$

The axiom of choice implies that for every partial order $P$ the hypergraph $H_P$ has property $B$. Let $(P,\le)$ be a partial order. We first claim the following: for every $p\in P$ there is a $q\le …
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Posets such that the collection of principal down-sets does not have property ${\bf B}$

Let $M$ be the ordered Mostowski model (T. Jech, The Axiom of Choice, Section 4.5). Its set of atoms, $A$, has a linear order $\prec$ that makes it isomorphic to the rationals. Let $S\in M$ be a subse …
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Can totally inhomogeneous sets of reals coexist with determinacy?

In Rigid Borel sets and better quasiorder theory (Logic and combinatorics, Proc. AMS-IMS-SIAM Conf., Arcata/Calif. 1985, Contemp. Math. 65, 199-222 (1987), zbMath review here) Fons van Engelen, Arnold …
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Does Urysohn's Lemma imply Dependent Choice?

In Versions of normality and some weak forms of the axiom of choice Paul Howard et al exhibit a model of MC (Multiple Choice) and not-DC, see page 381. In that model Urysohn's Lemma (NU) holds, so it …
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Is the set of $\kappa$-complete ultrafilters closed in $\beta X$?

If $\kappa=\aleph_0$ then yes: every ultrafilter is $\aleph_0$-complete. If $\kappa>\aleph_0$ then no, if $\lambda X$ is nonempty. Split $X$ into countably many sets $\{X_n:n\in\mathbb{N}\}$, of the s …
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Large chromatic number in hypergraphs with large edges

For $\kappa=\aleph_0$ yes: there are (many) models with ultrafilters of character less than $\mathfrak{c}$. Let $E\subseteq[\omega]^\omega$ be a base for an ultrafilter, say $|E|=\aleph_1<\mathfrak{c} …
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Is there anything against this function j being injective?

Once you have such a $j$ you can make another one that is not injective: take a bijection $b:A\to A\times A$ and the projection $\pi:A\times A\to A$ onto the first coordinate. Then the composition $j\ …
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Embedding ordinals with the order topology into connected $T_2$-spaces

The answer is no: if $\lambda$ is larger than $\omega^2$ and if $X$ contains $\lambda+\omega$ then it also contains $\lambda+\omega+\omega$. To see this observe that $\lambda+1$ is homeomorphic with $ …
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Difference between Laver's and Mathias's forcing

In this paper Alan Dow compares Laver and Mathias forcing regarding their effects on the algebra $\mathcal{P}(\omega)/\mathit{fin}$. He considers four iterations of length $\omega_2$: iterate $L$, ite …
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A unique ultrafilter extending a union of filters?

The following is due to Alan Dow: In any model obtained by adding $\aleph_2$ many Cohen reals to a model of $\mathsf{CH}$ the statement is false. We force with $\mathbb{P}=\operatorname{Fn}(\omega_2, …
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Iterated forcing and CH

Here is a sketch. We may assume that each $\dot Q_\alpha$ has $\omega_1$ as its universe; in which case the underlying set of $P_{\alpha+1}$ can be taken to be $P_\alpha\times\omega_1$ and the orderin …
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Does "compact iff projections are closed" require some form of choice?

This can be done choiceless and quite elementarily as follows: - if $F$ is closed in $X\times Y$ and $y\notin\pi[F]$ then, as $F$ is closed its complement is the union of a family of basic open sets, …
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