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Decomposing Baire functions

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  12 March 2014

J. Cichoń
Affiliation:
Mathematical Institute, University of Wroclaw, 50–384 Wrocław, Poland
M. Morayne
Affiliation:
Mathematical Institute, University of Wroclaw, 50–384 Wrocław, Poland
J. Pawlikowski
Affiliation:
Mathematical Institute, University of Wroclaw, 50–384 Wrocław, Poland
S. Solecki*
Affiliation:
Mathematical Institute, University of Wroclaw, 50–384 Wrocław, Poland
*
Department of Mathematics, University of California, Davis, California 95616-8633.

Abstract

We discuss in the paper the following problem: Given a function in a given Baire class, into “how many” (in terms of cardinal numbers) functions of lower classes can it be decomposed? The decomposition is understood here in the sense of the set-theoretical union.

Type
Research Article
Copyright
Copyright © Association for Symbolic Logic 1991

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