A dichotomy for the number of ultrapowers

Journal of Mathematical Logic

Volumn 10, Issue 1-2, 2010, Pages 45-81

  Farah, Ilijas ^a,b   Shelah, Saharon ^c,d  

^a YORK UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b MATHEMATICAL INSTITUTE   (Serbia)

^c HEBREW UNIVERSITY OF JERUSALEM   (Israel)

^d RUTGERS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Dichotomy; ultrapower

Indexed keywords

EID: 79956109393     PISSN: 02190613     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1142/S0219061310000936     Document Type: Article

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