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A Borel solution to the Horn–Tarski problem

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We describe a Borel poset satisfying the σ-finite chain condition but failing to satisfy the σ-bounded chain condition.

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  1. Department of Mathematics, University of Toronto, Toronto, Canada

    Stevo Todorcevic

  2. Institut de Mathématiques de Jussieu, CNRS, Paris, France

    Stevo Todorcevic

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Todorcevic, S. A Borel solution to the Horn–Tarski problem. Acta Math Hung 142, 526–533 (2014). https://doi.org/10.1007/s10474-013-0362-4

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