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Cofinality Theory

Cofinality Theory is a mathematical framework within set theory that studies the least ordinal order type of unbounded subsets of a given partially ordered set, thereby characterizing the intrinsic convergence properties of transfinite sequences and directed sets.

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Reflecting stationary sets

Menachem Magidor · Journal of Symbolic Logic · 1982 · 131 citations

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Changing cofinalities and the nonstationary ideal

Moti Gitik · Israel Journal of Mathematics · 1986 · 76 citations

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Directed Sets and Cofinal Types

Stevo Todorčević · Transactions of the American Mathematical Society · 1985 · 73 citations

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Adding closed cofinal sequences to large cardinals

Lon Berk Radin · Annals of Mathematical Logic · 1982 · 61 citations

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Near coherence of filters. I. Cofinal equivalence of models of arithmetic.

Andreas Blass · Notre Dame Journal of Formal Logic · 1986 · 58 citations · Full text

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Authors

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  1. SS
    Saharon Shelah

    Hebrew University of Jerusalem, Israel

    13 publications · 207 citations

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  2. KP
    Karel Prikry

    University of Minnesota, United States

    4 publications · 99 citations

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  3. ST
    Simon Thomas

    Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey, United States

    4 publications · 50 citations

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  4. PM
    Pierre Matet

    Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique, France

    3 publications · 34 citations

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  5. MM
    Menachem Magidor

    Hebrew University of Jerusalem, Israel

    3 publications · 179 citations

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Institutions

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  1. Hebrew University of Jerusalem

    Jerusalem, Israel

    11 h-index

    14 publications

    366 citations

  2. Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey

    New Brunswick, United States

    11 h-index

    13 publications

    209 citations

  3. Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique

    Paris, France

    4 h-index

    5 publications

    80 citations

  4. University of Chicago

    Chicago, United States

    4 h-index

    4 publications

    101 citations

  5. University of Minnesota

    Minneapolis, United States

    3 h-index

    3 publications

    81 citations

  6. Kobe University

    Kobe, Japan

    3 h-index

    3 publications

    78 citations

  7. Pennsylvania State University

    State College, United States

    3 h-index

    3 publications

    43 citations

  8. The University of Texas at Austin

    Austin, United States

    2 h-index

    3 publications

    78 citations

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  1. Journal of Symbolic Logic

    20 publications · 590 citations

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  2. Transactions of the American Mathematical Society

    TRAN · 8 publications · 233 citations

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  3. Notre Dame Journal of Formal Logic

    6 publications · 145 citations

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  4. Israel Journal of Mathematics

    5 publications · 141 citations

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  5. Pacific Journal of Mathematics

    4 publications · 126 citations

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