We discuss the problem when ℵ₁ sets are contained in a σ-generated σ-field on some set X. This is related to a problem raised by K. P. S. Bhaskara Rao and Rae Michael Shortt [Dissertationes Math. 372 (1998)] which we answer. We also briefly discuss generating the family of all subsets from rectangles.
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author = {R. Drabi\'nski and E. Grzegorek},
title = {When 1 many sets are contained in a countably generated s-field},
journal = {Colloquium Mathematicae},
volume = {116},
year = {2009},
pages = {41-45},
zbl = {1187.28004},
language = {en},
url = {http://dml.mathdoc.fr/item/bwmeta1.element.bwnjournal-article-doi-10_4064-cm115-1-5}
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R. Drabiński; E. Grzegorek. When ℵ₁ many sets are contained in a countably generated σ-field. Colloquium Mathematicae, Tome 116 (2009) pp. 41-45. http://gdmltest.u-ga.fr/item/bwmeta1.element.bwnjournal-article-doi-10_4064-cm115-1-5/