On the cofinality of the splitting number. (English) Zbl 1436.03260
Summary: The splitting number \(\mathfrak{s}\) can be singular. The key method is to construct a forcing poset with finite support matrix iterations of ccc posets introduced by A. Blass and S. Shelah [Isr. J. Math. 65, No. 3, 259–271 (1989; Zbl 0681.03033)].
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