Category
page 1Independence results
continuum hypothesis
hypothesis that no set has a cardinality between that of the integers and that of the real numbers
Goodstein's theorem
theorem
Martin's axiom
axiom in mathematical logic that all cardinals less than the cardinality of the continuum behave like ℵ₀ in a specific sense
Suslin's problem
the proposition, independent of ZFC, that a nonempty unbounded complete dense total order satisfying the countable chain condition is isomorphic to the reals
diamond principle
combinatorial principle that there exists a family of sets 𝐴(𝛼)⊆𝛼 for 𝛼<ω₁ such that for any 𝐴⊆ω₁, the set of 𝛼’s with 𝐴∩𝛼=𝐴(𝛼) is stationary in ω₁
Paris–Harrington theorem
certain principle in Ramsey theory is true, but not provable in Peano arithmetic
Aronszajn tree
in set theory, a tree of uncountable height with no uncountable branches and no uncountable levels