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Supercompactness and measurable limits of strong cardinals

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  12 March 2014

Arthur W. Apter*
Affiliation:
Department of Mathematics, Baruch College of Cuny, New York NY 10010, USA, E-mail: awabb@;cunyvm.cuny.edu

Abstract

In this paper, two theorems concerning measurable limits of strong cardinals and supercompactness are proven. This generalizes earlier work, both individual and joint with Shelah.

Type
Research Article
Copyright
Copyright © Association for Symbolic Logic 2001

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