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Ramsey cardinal


In mathematics, a Ramsey cardinal is a certain kind of large cardinal number introduced by Erdős & Hajnal (1962) and named after Frank P. Ramsey.

With [κ] denoting the set of all finite subsets of κ, a cardinal number κ such that for every function

there is a set A of cardinality κ that is homogeneous for f (i.e.: for every n, f is constant on the subsets of cardinality n from A) is called Ramsey. A cardinal κ is called ineffably Ramsey if A can be chosen to be stationary subset of κ. A cardinal κ is called almost Ramsey if for every function

and for every λ < κ, there is a set of order type λ that is homogeneous for f.

The existence of a Ramsey cardinal is sufficient to prove the existence of 0#. In fact, if κ is Ramsey, then every set with rank less than κ has a sharp.

Every measurable cardinal is a Ramsey cardinal, and every Ramsey cardinal is a Rowbottom cardinal.

A property intermediate in strength between Ramseyness and measurability is existence of a κ-complete normal non-principal ideal I on κ such that for every AI and for every function

there is a set BA not in I that is homogeneous for f. This is strictly stronger than κ being ineffably Ramsey.

The existence of Ramsey cardinal implies that the existence of the zero sharp cardinal and this in turn implies the falsity of Axiom of Constructibility of Kurt Gödel.



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