The Trichotomy Conjecture for untranscendable linear orders
The Trichotomy Conjecture for untranscendable linear orders
Let be an untranscendable linear order. A linear order is strongly indecomposable when [the source context does not provide a definition]. An uncountable real type is the order type of an uncountable subset of . The Trichotomy Conjecture. For every untranscendable linear order , at least one of the following holds: is strongly indecomposable, contains an uncountable real type, or . This conjecture asks whether uncountable real types, together with the exceptional type , account for all untranscendable orders that are not strongly indecomposable; the source presents it as an open problem, possibly assuming as indicated by its name.
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Primary source
Garrett Ervin, Alberto Marcone and Thilo Weinert, “Untranscendable order types”, arXiv:2602.24285 (2026).
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