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First Countable Continua and Proper Forcing

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  20 November 2018

Joan E. Hart
Affiliation:
University ofWisconsin, Oshkosh, WI 54901, USA, hartj@uwosh.edu
Kenneth Kunen
Affiliation:
University ofWisconsin, Madison, WI 53706, USA, kunen@math.wisc.edu
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Abstract

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Assuming the Continuum Hypothesis, there is a compact, first countable, connected space of weight ${{\aleph }_{1}}$ with no totally disconnected perfect subsets. Each such space, however, may be destroyed by some proper forcing order which does not add reals.

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Research Article
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Copyright © Canadian Mathematical Society 2009

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