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Mathias Forcing

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Combinatorial Set Theory

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In this chapter we investigate a forcing notion which is closely related to Ramsey’s Theorem 2.1 and to Ramsey ultrafilters (defined in Chapter 10). So, it is not surprising that also Ramsey families (also defined in Chapter 10) are involved.

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Halbeisen, L.J. (2012). Mathias Forcing. In: Combinatorial Set Theory. Springer Monographs in Mathematics. Springer, London. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4471-2173-2_24

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