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Set Theory and C*-Algebras

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  15 January 2014

Nik Weaver
Nik Weaver*
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Department of Mathematics, Washington University in Saint Louis, Saint Louis, MO 63130, USAE-mail: nweaver@math.wustl.edu
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Abstract

We survey the use of extra-set-theoretic hypotheses, mainly the continuum hypothesis, in the C*-algebra literature. The Calkin algebra emerges as a basic object of interest.

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Bulletin of Symbolic Logic , Volume 13 , Issue 1 , March 2007 , pp. 1 - 20
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Copyright © Association for Symbolic Logic 2007

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