We prove that in some cases definable thin sets (including chains) of Borel partial orderings are necessarily countably cofinal. This includes the following cases: analytic thin sets, ROD thin sets in the Solovay model, and Σ¹₂ thin sets under the assumption that for all reals x. We also prove that definable thin wellorderings admit partitions into definable chains in the Solovay model.
@article{bwmeta1.element.bwnjournal-article-doi-10_4064-fm977-10-2015, author = {Vladimir Kanovei and Vassily Lyubetsky}, title = {On countable cofinality and decomposition of definable thin orderings}, journal = {Fundamenta Mathematicae}, volume = {233}, year = {2016}, pages = {13-36}, zbl = {06622324}, language = {en}, url = {http://dml.mathdoc.fr/item/bwmeta1.element.bwnjournal-article-doi-10_4064-fm977-10-2015} }
Vladimir Kanovei; Vassily Lyubetsky. On countable cofinality and decomposition of definable thin orderings. Fundamenta Mathematicae, Tome 233 (2016) pp. 13-36. http://gdmltest.u-ga.fr/item/bwmeta1.element.bwnjournal-article-doi-10_4064-fm977-10-2015/