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Rearranging transfinite series of ordinals

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  17 April 2009

Péter Komjath
Affiliation:
Department of Algebra and Number Theory, Eötvös Lorand University, Budapest, Hungary.
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Abstract

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A new, simplified proof is given of a theorem of J.L. Hickman (to be published; see also J. London Math. Soc. (2) 9 (1974), 239–244), giving an upper bound for the sums of a well-ordered series of ordinals under permutation.

Type
Research Article
Copyright
Copyright © Australian Mathematical Society 1977

References

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