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# A topological reflection principle equivalent to Shelah’s strong hypothesis

Posted on September 30, 2011 by in categories: .

Abstract: We notice that Shelah’s Strong Hypothesis (SSH) is equivalent to the following reflection principle:

Suppose $\mathbb X$ is an (infinite) first-countable space whose density is a regular cardinal, $\kappa$.
If every separable subspace of $\mathbb X$ is of cardinality at most $\kappa$, then the cardinality of $\mathbb X$ is $\kappa$.

Citation information:

A. Rinot, A topological reflection principle equivalent to Shelah’s Strong Hypothesis, Proc. Amer. Math. Soc., 136(12): 4413-4416, 2008.

Update:

In a more recent paper, the arguments of the above paper were pushed further to show that SSH is also equivalent to the following:

Suppose $\mathbb X$ is a countably tight space whose density is a regular cardinal, $\kappa$.
If every separable subspace of $\mathbb X$ is countable, then the cardinality of $\mathbb X$ is $\kappa$.

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