Lectures on Boolean Algebras

by Steven Givant

1 Boolean rings.- 2 Boolean algebras.- 3 Fields of sets.- 4 Regular open sets.- 5 Elementary relations.- 6 Order.- 7 Infinite operations.- 8 Subalgebras.- 9 Homomorphisms.- 10 Free algebras.- 11 Ideals and filters.- 12 The homomorphism theorem.- 13 Boolean ?-algebras.- 14 The countable chain condition.- 15 Measure algebras.- 16 Atoms.- 17 Boolean spaces.- 18 The representation theorem.- 19 Duality for ideals.- 20 Duality for homomorphisms.- 21 Completion.- 22 Boolean ?-spaces.- 23 The representation of ?-algebras.- 24 Boolean measure spaces.- 25 Incomplete algebras.- 26 Products of algebras.- 27 Sums of algebras.- 28 Isomorphisms of factors.- 29 Isomorphisms of countable factors.- 30 Retracts.- 31 Projective algebras.- 32 Injective algebras.- Epilogue.

156 pages, Paperback

First published September 10, 2013