Speaker:
Monroe Eskew
Institution:
UCI
Time:
Monday, March 5, 2012 - 4:00pm to 5:30pm
Host:
Location:
RH 440R
We present a proof of a theorem of Gitik and Shelah that places limits on the structure of quotient algebras by sigma-additive ideals. We will start by showing connections between Cohen forcing and Baire category on the reals. Then by using generic ultrapowers, we will prove that no sigma-additive ideal yields an atomless algebra with a countable dense subset. We will discuss connections with Ulam's measure problem: How many measures does it take to measure all sets of reals?