The Trichotomy Conjecture for untranscendable linear orders

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Let φ\varphi 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 R\mathbb{R}. The Trichotomy Conjecture. For every untranscendable linear order φ\varphi, at least one of the following holds: φ\varphi is strongly indecomposable, φ\varphi contains an uncountable real type, or φ=2\varphi=2. This conjecture asks whether uncountable real types, together with the exceptional type 22, account for all untranscendable orders that are not strongly indecomposable; the source presents it as an open problem, possibly assuming PFA\mathsf{PFA} as indicated by its name.

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Garrett Ervin, Alberto Marcone and Thilo Weinert, “Untranscendable order types”, arXiv:2602.24285 (2026).

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