arXiv · 1303.2435
Set Theory and p-adic Algebras
Abstract
We verified that the existence of a maximal ideal of height 0 in a p-adic algebra in a certain class is independent of the axiom of ZFC. We established the theory on a P-point in the boundary of a topological space in the universal totally disconnected Hausdorff compactification. It is quite similar with the theory on a P-point in the boundary of a topological space in the Stone-Cech compactification. The latter theory relies on the real analysis, and the reason why the real analysis works for it is because the Stone-Cech compactification has the lifting property for a real bounded continuous function. On the other hand, the universal totally disconnected Hausdorff compactification does not have the lifting property for a real bounded continuous function in general, and hence the same technique with the real analysis is not valid for the former theory. We applied the p-adic analysis instead, and it yields a relation with a P-point in the boundary in the universal totally disconnected Hausdorff compactification and a maximal ideal of height 0 in the corresponding p-adic algebra.
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Tomoki Mihara. 2013-03-11. Set Theory and p-adic Algebras. https://arxiv.org/abs/1303.2435
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