{ "id": "1012.0596", "version": "v2", "published": "2010-12-02T22:33:43.000Z", "updated": "2016-03-01T14:54:26.000Z", "title": "A direct proof of the five element basis theorem", "authors": [ "Boban Velickovic", "Giorgio Venturi" ], "categories": [ "math.LO" ], "abstract": "We present a direct proof of the consistency of the existence of a five element basis for the uncountable linear orders. Our argument is based on the approach of notion of saturation of Aronszajn trees considered by Koenig, Larson, Moore and Velickovic and simplifies the original proof of Moore.", "revisions": [ { "version": "v1", "updated": "2010-12-02T22:33:43.000Z", "comment": null, "journal": null, "doi": null }, { "version": "v2", "updated": "2016-03-01T14:54:26.000Z" } ], "analyses": { "subjects": [ "03E35", "03E75", "06A05", "03E35", "03E75", "06A05", "03E02" ], "keywords": [ "element basis theorem", "direct proof", "aronszajn trees", "original proof", "uncountable linear orders" ], "note": { "typesetting": "TeX", "pages": 0, "language": "en", "license": "arXiv", "status": "editable", "adsabs": "2010arXiv1012.0596V" } } }