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An ultrafilter containing all cocountable subsets

Statement

In ZFC, for every uncountable set X there is an ultrafilter U on X containing every cocountable subset of X. Every member of U is uncountable. No countable-completeness assertion is made.

Facts & Assumptions

Given: An uncountable set X; assume AC.

[F1]

A filter contains X, omits ∅, and is closed upward and under pairwise intersection. Filter on a set

[F3]

A countable union of countable sets is countable under countable choice. Countable unions of at most countable sets, assuming ACω

[F4]

Subsets of countable sets are countable. Every subset of an at most countable set is at most countable

[A1]

Proof

1.1F4given

Set F={A⊆X:X∖A is countable}. It contains X because the empty set is countable, and omits ∅ because X is uncountable. If A∈F and A⊆B⊆X, then X∖B⊆X∖A, so F4 gives B∈F.

2.1F1F3A1step 1.1

If A,B∈F, then X∖(A∩B)=(X∖A)∪(X∖B) is countable: apply F3 to the sequence with these first two terms and empty remaining terms, using the countable choice supplied by A1. Therefore A∩B∈F. Together with step 1.1 this verifies every filter axiom in F1.

3.1F1F2A1step 1.1step 2.1∎

Apply F2 to this proper filter, using A1, to obtain an ultrafilter U⊇F. If countable D⊆X belonged to U, its complement would belong to F⊆U; F1 would put D∩(X∖D)=∅ in U, contradicting properness. Thus every member of U is uncountable. Only pairwise intersections were used.

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