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Tree self-embeddings

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  20 November 2018

David Ross
David Ross*
Affiliation:
Department of Pure Mathematics, University of Hull, Hull, HU6 7RX, England
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Abstract

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Elementary proofs are given of the following two statements: (1) Every infinite tree of height at most ω properly embeds into itself. (2) There is a tree of height ω + 1 that does not properly embed into itself.

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Research Article
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Canadian Mathematical Bulletin , Volume 32 , Issue 1 , 01 March 1989 , pp. 30 - 33
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Copyright © Canadian Mathematical Society 1989

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