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Theorem 27.7 (Jensen). If \( V = L \) then for every infinite cardinal \( \kappa \) there exists a \( {\kappa }^{ + } \) -Suslin tree.
When \( \kappa \) is regular, the proof is a straightforward generalization of the construction of a Suslin tree using \( \diamond \) : instead we use \( \diamond \left( {E}_{\kappa }^{{\kappa }^{ + }}\right) \) . We construct a tree by induction on levels. At limit levels \( \alpha \) of cofinality \( < \kappa \) we e...
Yes
Theorem 27.9 (Silver [1971c]). If there exists an inaccessible cardinal then there is a generic extension in which there are no Kurepa trees.
Proof. Let \( \lambda \) be an inaccessible cardinal. Let \( \left( {P, < }\right) \) be the Lévy collapse of \( \lambda \) to \( {\aleph }_{2} \) : forcing conditions are countable functions \( p \) on subsets of \( \lambda \times {\omega }_{1} \) such that \( p\left( {\alpha ,\xi }\right) < \alpha \) for every \( \le...
Yes
Lemma 27.10. If \( P \) is an \( {\aleph }_{0} \) -closed notion of forcing and \( T \) is an \( {\omega }_{1} \) -tree in the ground model such that every level of \( T \) is countable, then \( T \) has no new branches in \( V\left\lbrack G\right\rbrack \) .
Proof. Assume that \( T \) has a branch \( b \in V\left\lbrack G\right\rbrack \) that is not in \( V \) ; since \( V\left\lbrack G\right\rbrack \) has no new countable sets, \( b \) has length \( {\omega }_{1} \) . There is a name \( \dot{b} \) for \( b \) and a condition \( {p}_{0} \in G \) such that \( {p}_{0} \Vdash...
Yes
Theorem 27.11 (Hajnal). If \( V = L \) then there is no \( {\omega }_{2}{nd} \) canonical function on \( {\omega }_{1} \) .
Assume \( V = L \), and assume that there is an \( {\omega }_{2}\mathrm{{nd}} \) canonical function. This statement can be expressed in \( {L}_{{\omega }_{2}} \) :\n\n\[ \left( {\exists f : {\omega }_{1} \rightarrow {\omega }_{1}}\right) \forall \eta \left( {{f}_{\eta } < f}\right) \text{and} \]\n\n\[ \left( {\forall s...
Yes
Theorem 27.12 (Jech-Shelah). There is a generic extension of \( L \) in which the \( {\omega }_{2}{nd} \) canonical function exists.
The model is obtained by first adding (by forcing with countable conditions) an increasing sequence \( \left\langle {{f}_{\alpha } : \alpha \leq {\omega }_{2}}\right\rangle \) of ordinal functions from \( {\omega }_{1} \) into \( {\omega }_{1} \) . Then one uses an iterated forcing, with countable supports of length \(...
Yes
Lemma 28.2. For each \( \alpha ,{Q}_{\alpha + 1} \) is dense in \( {P}_{\alpha + 1} \), and \( {Q}_{\alpha + 1} \times {Q}_{\alpha + 1} \) is dense in \( {P}_{\alpha + 1} \times {P}_{\alpha + 1} \) .
Proof. It suffices to show that below each \( p \in {P}_{\alpha } \) there is some \( q \in {Q}_{\alpha + 1} \) . If \( p \in {P}_{\alpha } \), the \( p = {p}_{n}^{\alpha } \) for some \( n \), and \( \mathcal{F}\left( {T}_{n}\right) \subset {T}_{n}\left( \varnothing \right) = p \) .
No
Lemma 28.3. For each \( \alpha \), if \( X \in {\mathcal{X}}_{\alpha } \) is predense in \( {P}_{\alpha } \), then \( X \) is predense in \( {P}_{\alpha + 1} \) ; if \( Y \in {\mathcal{Y}}_{\alpha } \) is predense in \( {P}_{\alpha } \times {P}_{\alpha } \), then \( Y \) is predense in \( {P}_{\alpha + 1} \times {P}_{\...
Proof. Let \( X \in {\mathcal{X}}_{\alpha } \) be predense in \( {P}_{\alpha } \) ; we have to show that for each \( p \upharpoonright n \in \) \( {Q}_{\alpha + 1} \) there is a stronger \( q \in {Q}_{\alpha + 1} \) such that \( q \leq x \) for some \( x \in X \) . Let \( p = \mathcal{F}\left( {T}_{n}\right) \) and let...
Yes
Lemma 28.4. \( P \times P \) satisfies the countable chain condition (and hence \( P \) also satisfies the countable chain condition).
Proof. Here we use \( \diamondsuit \) . Let us assume that \( Y \subset P \times P \) is a maximal incompatible set of conditions in \( P \times P \) and that \( Y \) is uncountable. Since each \( {P}_{\alpha } \) is countable, it is easy to see that the set of all \( \alpha < {\omega }_{1} \) such that \( \tau \left( ...
Yes
(i) If \( a \in \{ 0,1{\} }^{\omega } \), then \( a \) is \( P \) -generic over \( L \) if and only if for every \( \alpha < {\omega }_{1} \) there is some \( n \in \mathbf{N} \) such that \( a \) is a branch in \( \mathcal{F}\left( {T}_{n}^{\alpha }\right) \) .
Proof. (i) Let \( a \) be \( P \) -generic and let \( \alpha < {\omega }_{1} \) . Since \( {Q}_{\alpha + 1} \) is dense in \( {P}_{\alpha + 1} \) and because \( {Q}_{\alpha + 1} \in {\mathcal{X}}_{\alpha + 1},{Q}_{\alpha + 1} \) is predense in \( P \) . By the genericity of \( a \) , there exists a \( q \in {Q}_{\alpha...
Yes
Corollary 28.7. If \( a \) is \( P \) -generic over \( L \), then \( L\left\lbrack a\right\rbrack \vDash a \) is the only \( P \) -generic over \( L \) .
Proof. If \( a \neq b \) and if both \( a \) and \( b \) are \( P \) -generic over \( L \), then by the Product Lemma, \( b \) is a \( P \) -generic over \( L\left\lbrack a\right\rbrack \) and hence \( b \notin L\left\lbrack a\right\rbrack \) .
Yes
Lemma 28.8. The set \( H = \{ a : a \) is \( P \) -generic over \( L\} \) is \( {\Pi }_{1} \) over \( {HC} \) .
Proof. It follows from the construction of \( P \) that the function \( \alpha \mapsto \left\langle {T}_{n}^{\alpha }\right. \) : \( n \in \omega \rangle \) is \( {\Delta }_{1} \) over \( {L}_{{\omega }_{1}^{L}} \) . Since \( {L}_{{\omega }_{1}^{L}} \) is a \( {\sum }_{1} \) set over \( {HC} \), the function is \( {\De...
Yes
If \( a \) is a \( P \) -generic over \( L \) and \( A = \{ n \in \mathbf{N} : a\left( n\right) = 1\} \) , then \( L\left\lbrack a\right\rbrack \vDash A \) is a \( {\Delta }_{3}^{1} \) subset of \( \mathbf{N} \) .
We have in \( L\left\lbrack a\right\rbrack \)\n\n\[ \n n \in A \leftrightarrow \left( {\exists a \in \mathcal{N}}\right) \left( {a \in H\text{ and }a\left( n\right) = 1}\right) \leftrightarrow \left( {\forall a \in \mathcal{N}}\right) \left( {a \in H \rightarrow a\left( n\right) = 1}\right) .\n\]\n\nSince \( H \) is \(...
Yes
Lemma 28.11. There exists some \( g : \omega \rightarrow \{ 0,1\} \) such that \( T\left( g\right) \) contains a perfect subtree.
Proof. Let us assume that no \( T\left( g\right) \) has a perfect subtree. Then by (28.8) there exists, for each \( g : \omega \rightarrow \{ 0,1\} \), a function \( {h}_{g} : T\left( g\right) \rightarrow {\omega }_{3} \) such that \( {h}_{g}\left( s\right) \geq {h}_{g}\left( t\right) \) whenever \( s \subset t \), and...
Yes
Theorem 28.12 (Shelah). If \( r \) is a Cohen real over \( V \) then in \( V\left\lbrack r\right\rbrack \) there exists a Suslin tree.
Proof. We start with an alternative construction of an Aronszajn tree, a modification of the construction in Theorem 9.16.
No
Lemma 28.13. There exists an \( {\omega }_{1} \) -sequence of functions \( \left\langle {{e}_{\alpha } : \alpha < {\omega }_{1}}\right\rangle \) such that\n\n(i) \( {e}_{\alpha } \) is a one-to-one function from \( \alpha \) into \( \omega \), for each \( \alpha < {\omega }_{1} \) ;\n\n(ii) for all \( \alpha < \beta < ...
Proof. Exercise 28.1 (or see Kunen [1980], Theorem II.5.9).
No
Theorem 28.14 (Laver). Assuming GCH there is a generic extension \( V\left\lbrack G\right\rbrack \) in which \( {2}^{{\aleph }_{0}} = {\aleph }_{2} \) and Borel’s Conjecture holds.
Laver’s proof uses the countable support iteration (of length \( {\omega }_{2} \) ) of a forcing notion that adds a Laver real. We shall now describe this forcing. (Subsequently, Laver proved that an iteration of Mathias forcing also yields Borel's Conjecture).\n\nDefinition 28.15. A tree \( p \subset \) Seq is a Laver...
Yes
Lemma 28.17. If \( p \Vdash \dot{X} : \omega \rightarrow V \) then there exists a \( q{ \leq }_{0}p \) and a countable \( A \) such that \( q \Vdash \dot{X} \subset A \) .
Proof. Let \( {\left\{ {u}_{n}\right\} }_{n} \) be a sequence of natural numbers such that each number appears infinitely often. We shall construct a fusion sequence \( {\left\{ {p}_{n}\right\} }_{n} \) with \( {p}_{0} = p \), and finite sets \( {A}_{n} \) so that the fusion forces \( \dot{X} \subset \mathop{\bigcup }\...
Yes
Lemma 28.19. Let \( p \Vdash {\varphi }_{1} \vee \ldots \vee {\varphi }_{k} \) . Then there exists some \( q{ \leq }_{0}p \) such that\n\n(28.20)\n\n\[ \exists i \leq {kq} \Vdash {\varphi }_{i} \]
Proof. Assume to the contrary that the lemma fails. Let \( s \) be the stem of \( p \) ; there are only finitely many \( a \in {S}^{p}\left( s\right) \) such that some \( q{ \leq }_{0}p \upharpoonright \left( {{s}^{ \frown }a}\right) \) satisfies (28.20). By removing the part of \( p \) above these finitely many nodes ...
Yes
Lemma 28.21. Let \( p \) be a Laver tree with stem \( s \) and let \( \dot{x} \) be a name for a real in \( \left\lbrack {0,1}\right\rbrack \) . Then there exist a condition \( q{ \leq }_{0}p \) and a real \( u \) such that for every \( \varepsilon > 0 \) ,\n\n\[ q \upharpoonright \left( {s \cap a}\right) \Vdash \left|...
Proof. Let \( {\left\{ {t}_{n}\right\} }_{n} \) be an enumeration of \( \left\{ {{s}^{ \frown }a : a \in {S}^{p}\left( s\right) }\right\} \) . For each \( n \) we find, by Lemma 28.19, a condition \( {q}_{n}{ \leq }_{0}p \upharpoonright {t}_{n} \) and an interval \( {J}_{n} = \left\lbrack {\frac{m}{n},\frac{m + 1}{n}}\...
Yes
Lemma 28.22. Let \( p \) be a condition with stem \( s \) and let \( \left\langle {{\dot{x}}_{n} : n < \omega }\right\rangle \) be a sequence of names for reals. Then there exist a condition \( q{ \leq }_{0}p \) and a set of reals \( \left\{ {{u}_{t} : t \in q, t \supset s}\right\} \) such that for every \( \varepsilon...
Proof. Using Lemma 28.21 we get \( {p}_{1}{ \leq }_{0}p \) and \( {u}_{s} \) . For every immediate successor \( t \) of \( s \) in \( {p}_{1} \), we get \( {q}_{t}{ \leq }_{0}{p}_{1} \mid t \) and \( {u}_{t} \), and let \( {p}_{2} = \mathop{\bigcup }\limits_{t}{q}_{t} \) . By repeating this argument, we build a fusion ...
Yes
Theorem 28.23 (Silver). If there exists no \( {\aleph }_{2} \) -Aronszajn tree then \( {\aleph }_{2} \) is a weakly compact cardinal in \( L \) .
Proof. If \( {\aleph }_{2} \) is a successor cardinal in \( L \), then there exists some \( A \subset {\omega }_{1} \) such that \( {\aleph }_{1}^{L\left\lbrack A\right\rbrack } = {\aleph }_{1} \) and \( {\aleph }_{2}^{L\left\lbrack A\right\rbrack } = {\aleph }_{2} \) . In \( L\left\lbrack A\right\rbrack ,{2}^{{\aleph ...
Yes
Theorem 29.1 (Hindman). If \( N \) is partitioned into finitely many pieces then one of the pieces \( A \) contains an infinite set \( H \) such that \( {a}_{1} + \ldots + {a}_{n} \in A \) whenever \( {a}_{1},\ldots ,{a}_{n} \) are distinct members of \( H \) .
For the proof, we introduce the concept of an idempotent ultrafilter. If \( U \) and \( V \) are ultrafilters on \( \mathbf{N} \), let\n\n(29.1)\n\n\[ U + V = \{ X \subset \mathbf{N} : \{ m \in \mathbf{N} : X - m \in V\} \in U\} \]\n\nwhere \( X - m = \{ n : m + n \in X\} \) . See Exercises 29.1 and 29.2 for an alterna...
No
Lemma 29.2. There exists a nonprincipal ultrafilter \( U \) on \( \mathbf{N} \) such that \( U + \) \( U = U \) .
An ultrafilter \( U \) such that \( U + U = U \) is idempotent. While Glazer’s Lemma can be proved directly, it can be deduced from a more general result on topological semigroups. Let \( \beta \mathbf{N} \) be the space of all ultrafilters on \( \mathbf{N} \), the Stone-Čech compactification on \( \mathbf{N} \) . The ...
No
Theorem 29.3 (van der Waerden). If \( N \) is partitioned into finitely many pieces then one of the pieces contains arbitrarily long arithmetic progressions.
For the proof of Theorem 29.3, we fix an integer \( k \geq 1 \) and consider the space \( {\left( \beta \mathbf{N}\right) }^{k} \) . Let \( I \) be the set of all arithmetic progressions of length \( k \), and let \( \bar{I} \) be its closure in \( {\left( \beta \mathbf{N}\right) }^{k} \) . Arguments similar to those i...
No
Theorem 29.4 (Hales-Jewett). If \( W \) is partitioned into finitely many pieces then there is a variable word \( x \in V \) whose all instances lie in the same piece of the partition.
We refer the reader to Todorčević's book for a proof using topological semigroups.
No
Lemma 29.6. If \( {f}_{0} < {f}_{1} < \ldots < {f}_{n} < \ldots < {g}_{m} < \ldots < {g}_{1} < {g}_{0} \), then there exists an \( h \) between \( {\left\{ {f}_{n}\right\} }_{n} \) and \( {\left\{ {g}_{m}\right\} }_{m} \) .
Proof. For each \( k \) there exists an \( {n}_{k} \) such that for all \( n \geq {n}_{k},{m}_{k}\left( n\right) = \) \( \max \left\{ {{f}_{0}\left( n\right) ,\ldots ,{f}_{k}\left( n\right) }\right\} \leq \min \left\{ {{g}_{0}\left( n\right) ,\ldots ,{g}_{k}\left( n\right) }\right\} = {M}_{k}\left( n\right) \) . Choose...
Yes
Theorem 29.8 (Todorčević). If OCA holds then \( \mathfrak{b} = {\aleph }_{2} \) .
First we show that under OCA, \( \mathfrak{b} > {\omega }_{1} \) .
No
Theorem 29.13.\n\n(i) If \( \operatorname{cof}\left( {\omega }^{{\omega }_{1}}\right) < {2}^{{\aleph }_{1}} \) then \( {2}^{{\aleph }_{0}} \geq {\aleph }_{3} \) .\n\n(ii) If \( {2}^{{\aleph }_{0}} < {2}^{{\aleph }_{1}} \) and \( {2}^{{\aleph }_{0}} < {\aleph }_{{\omega }_{1}} \) then \( \operatorname{cof}\left( {\omega...
The theorem is a consequence of this lemma:\n\nLemma 29.14. If there e
No
Lemma 29.15. There exists a \( \sigma \) -ideal \( I \) on \( {\omega }_{1} \) such that there exist \( {\aleph }_{2}I \) - disjoint functions from \( {\omega }_{1} \) into \( \omega \) .
Proof. We find such an \( I \) on \( {\omega }_{1} \times {\omega }_{1} \) : Let \( I = {I}_{0} \times {I}_{0} \) where \( {I}_{0} \) is the \( \sigma \) - ideal of all countable subsets of \( {\omega }_{1} \) (each \( X \in I \) is included in the union of \( \omega \) vertical lines and the set under the graph of a f...
No
Lemma 29.16. If there exist \( {2}^{{\aleph }_{1}} \) almost disjoint functions from \( {\omega }_{1} \) into \( {\omega }_{2} \) then there exists a \( \sigma \) -ideal \( J \) on \( {\omega }_{1} \) such that there are \( {2}^{{\aleph }_{1}}J \) -disjoint functions from \( {\omega }_{1} \) into \( \omega \) .
Proof. We find such a \( J \) on \( {\omega }_{1} \times {\omega }_{1} \) : Let \( J = {I}_{0} \times I \) where \( {I}_{0} \) is the ideal of countable sets and \( I \) is the ideal given by Lemma 29.15. Let \( \left\{ {{g}_{\alpha } : \alpha < {2}^{{\aleph }_{1}}}\right\} \) be a family of almost disjoint functions f...
Yes
Theorem 30.1 (Maharam). Every infinite homogeneous measure algebra is the unique measure algebra of its weight.
If \( A \) and \( B \) are infinite homogeneous measure algebras of the same weight and if \( \mu \) and \( \nu \) are strictly positive probabilistic measures on \( A \) and \( B \), then there exists an isomorphism \( f \) between \( A \) and \( B \) such that \( \nu \left( {f\left( a\right) }\right) = \mu \left( a\r...
Yes
Lemma 30.3. If \( \nu \) is a signed measure on \( B \) that satisfies c.c.c. then there exists an \( a \in B \) such that \( \nu \left( x\right) \geq 0 \) for all \( x \leq a \) and \( \nu \left( x\right) \leq 0 \) for all \( x \leq - a \) .
Proof. First we claim that when \( \nu \left( a\right) > 0 \) then there exists some \( b \leq a \) such that\n\n(30.1)\n\n\[ \nu \left( b\right) > 0\text{, and}\nu \left( x\right) \geq 0\text{for all}x \leq b\text{.} \]\n\nIf (30.1) fails then for every \( b \leq a, b \neq 0 \), there exists an \( x \leq a, x \neq 0 \...
Yes
Lemma 30.4. Let \( \mu \) and \( \nu \) be measures on \( B \) and let \( a \in B \) be such that \( \nu \left( a\right) > 0 \) . Then there exist \( {ab} \leq a, b \neq 0 \), and a number \( \varepsilon > 0 \) such that \( \nu \left( x\right) \geq \varepsilon \cdot \mu \left( x\right) \) for all \( x \leq b \) .
Proof. Let \( \varepsilon > 0 \) be such that \( \nu \left( a\right) > \varepsilon \cdot \mu \left( a\right) \) and consider the signed measure \( \nu - {\varepsilon \mu } \) on \( B \mid a \) . By Lemma 30.3 there exists a \( b \leq a \) such that \( \left( {\nu - {\varepsilon \mu }}\right) \left( x\right) \geq 0 \) f...
Yes
Lemma 30.5 (Fremlin [1989]). Let \( A \) be a measure algebra and let \( \mu \) be a strictly positive measure on \( A \). Let \( B \) be a complete subalgebra of \( A \) and let \( \nu \) be a measure on \( B \) such that \( \nu \left( b\right) \leq \mu \left( b\right) \) for all \( b \in B \). Assume that \( A \uphar...
Proof. For each \( a \in A \), let \( {\nu }_{a} \) denote the measure on \( B \) defined by (30.3): \( {\nu }_{a}\left( b\right) = \mu \left( {a \cdot b}\right) \). We first prove the following consequence of (30.2): For every \( a \in {A}^{ + } \) and every \( \varepsilon > 0 \) there exists a \( c \in {\left( A \mid...
Yes
Lemma 30.6. Let \( {A}_{1} \) and \( {A}_{2} \) be homogeneous measure algebras, both of the same weight \( \kappa \), and let \( {\mu }_{1} \) and \( {\mu }_{2} \) be probabilistic measures on \( {A}_{1} \) and \( {A}_{2} \). Let \( {B}_{1} \) and \( {B}_{2} \) be complete subalgebras of \( {A}_{1} \) and \( {A}_{2} \...
Proof. First we note that since every \( {A}_{1} \upharpoonright a \) has weight \( \kappa \), the subalgebra \( {B}_{1} \) satisfies (30.2); similarly for \( {A}_{2} \) and \( {B}_{2} \). Let \( {a}_{1} \in {A}_{1} \) ; if we let \( \nu \left( {f\left( b\right) }\right) = \) \( {\mu }_{1}\left( {{a}_{1} \cdot b}\right...
Yes
Let \( B \) be an infinite Boolean algebra of uniform density. \( B \) is a Cohen algebra if and only if the set \( \left\{ {A \in {\left\lbrack B\right\rbrack }^{\omega } : A{ \leq }_{\text{reg }}B}\right\} \) contains a closed unbounded set \( C \) with the property\n\n(30.8)\n\n\[ \text{if}{A}_{1},{A}_{2} \in C\text...
First we prove the forward direction of the theorem: If \( B \) is a dense subalgebra of \( {\mathbf{C}}_{\kappa } \), then \( B \) has the property stated in Theorem 30.10. (In particular, \( {\mathbf{C}}_{\kappa } \) itself has the property.) Let \( B \) be a dense subalgebra of \( {\mathbf{C}}_{\kappa } \) . For eve...
No
Lemma 30.11. The set \( C \) is closed unbounded in \( {\left\lbrack B\right\rbrack }^{\omega } \), satisfies (30.8), and every \( A \in C \) is a regular subalgebra of \( B \) .
Proof. Let \( A \in C \) and let \( S \) be a countable subset of \( \kappa \) such that (30.9) holds. Since \( B \cap {\mathbf{C}}_{S} \) is dense in \( {\mathbf{C}}_{S} \) and \( {\mathbf{C}}_{S}{ \leq }_{\text{reg }}{\mathbf{C}}_{\kappa } \), we have \( B \cap {\mathbf{C}}_{S}{ \leq }_{\text{reg }}{\mathbf{C}}_{\kap...
Yes
Lemma 30.12. Let \( D \) be a complete Boolean algebra of uniform density and let \( A \) be a complete subalgebra of \( D \) of smaller density. For every \( v \in D \) there exists some \( u \in D \) independent over \( A \) such that \( v \in A\left( u\right) \) .
Proof. Exercises 30.11 and 30.12.
No
Theorem 30.14. If \( B \) is a semi-Cohen algebra and if \( A \) is a regular subalgebra of \( B \) of uniform density then \( A \) is semi-Cohen.
Proof. \( {\left\lbrack B\right\rbrack }^{\omega } \) has a closed unbounded subset of regular subalgebras of \( B \) . Since \( A{ \leq }_{\text{reg }}B \), there exists for every \( b \in {B}^{ + } \) some \( a \in {A}^{ + } \) such that there is no \( x \in {A}^{ + } \) with \( x \leq a - b \) . Let \( F : {B}^{ + }...
Yes
Lemma 30.17. A Boolean algebra B of uniform density is semi-Cohen if and only if \( B \) is Cohen in \( {V}^{P} \), where \( P \) is the collapse of \( \left| B\right| \) onto \( {\aleph }_{1} \) with countable conditions.
Proof. As \( \left| B\right| = {\aleph }_{1} \) in \( {V}^{P} \), it suffices to show that \( B \) is semi-Cohen if and only if it is semi-Cohen in \( {V}^{P} \) . As \( P \) does not add new countable sets, \( {\left\lbrack B\right\rbrack }^{\omega } \) remains the same in \( {V}^{P} \) . By property (iii) of Lemma 30...
Yes
Corollary 30.18. B is semi-Cohen if and only if its completion is semi-Cohen.
Proof. Let \( B \) be semi-Cohen and let \( A = \bar{B} \) . Let \( P \) be the \( \omega \) -closed collapse of \( \left| A\right| \) to \( {\aleph }_{1} \) . In \( {V}^{P}, A \) has a dense subalgebra \( B \) that is a Cohen algebra, hence \( A \) itself is Cohen. Therefore \( A \) is semi-Cohen.\n\nThe converse foll...
Yes
Theorem 30.22. An atomless complete Boolean algebra is simple if and only if it is rigid and minimal.
An example of a rigid and minimal algebra is \( {B}_{P} \) where \( P \) is Jensen’s forcing from Theorem 28.1 that produces a minimal \( {\Delta }_{3}^{1} \) real. \( {B}_{P} \) is minimal because the generic real has minimal degree of constructibility, and rigid because it is definable. It follows that if \( V = L \)...
No
Lemma 30.23. Player I has a winning strategy in \( \mathcal{G} \) if and only if \( B \) is not \( \omega \) -distributive.
Proof. Let \( \sigma \) be a winning strategy for I. Let \( {a}_{0} = \sigma \left( {\langle \rangle }\right) \) ; we shall find partitions \( {W}_{n} \) of \( {a}_{0} \) without a common refinement. Let \( {W}_{0} = \left\{ {a}_{0}\right\} \) . Having constructed \( {W}_{0},\ldots ,{W}_{n} \), consider all finite sequ...
Yes
Corollary 30.26. \( B \) is strategically \( \omega \) -closed if and only if \( B \) is a regular subalgebra of some algebra that has an \( \omega \) -closed dense subset.
Proof. Sufficiency follows from Exercise 30.18. Thus assume that \( B \) is strategically \( \omega \) -closed and let \( \sigma \) be a winning strategy for II. Let \( P \) be the collapse with countable conditions of \( \left| B\right| \) to \( {\aleph }_{1} \) . In \( {V}^{P},\sigma \) is still a winning strategy, a...
No
If \( P \) satisfies the countable chain condition then for every uncountable \( \lambda \), every closed unbounded set \( C \subset {\left\lbrack \lambda \right\rbrack }^{\omega } \) in \( V\left\lbrack G\right\rbrack \) has a subset \( D \in V \) that is closed unbounded in \( V \) . Hence every stationary set \( S \...
Proof. Let \( p \Vdash \dot{C} \) is closed unbounded; let \( \dot{F} \) be a name for a function from \( {\lambda }^{ < \omega } \) into \( \lambda \) such that \( p \Vdash {C}_{\dot{F}} \subset \dot{C} \) (where \( {C}_{\dot{F}} \) is the set of all closure points of \( \dot{F} \) -see Theorem 8.28). Let \( f : {\lam...
Yes
Lemma 31.3. If \( P \) is \( \omega \) -closed then every stationary set \( S \subset {\left\lbrack \lambda \right\rbrack }^{\omega } \) remains stationary in \( V\left\lbrack G\right\rbrack \) .
Proof. Let \( p \Vdash \dot{F} : {\lambda }^{ < \omega } \rightarrow \lambda \) . We shall find a condition \( q \leq p \) and some \( x \in S \) such that \( q \Vdash \dot{F}\left( {x}^{ < \omega }\right) \subset x \) .\n\nConsider the model \( \left( {{H}_{\kappa }, \in ,\left( {P, < }\right), p,\dot{F}, \Vdash }\rig...
Yes
Lemma 31.4. If \( P \) is proper then every countable set of ordinals in \( V\left\lbrack G\right\rbrack \) is included in a set in \( V \) that is countable in \( V \) .
Proof. Let \( X \) be a countable set of ordinals in \( V\left\lbrack G\right\rbrack \) and let \( \lambda \) be uncountable in \( V \) such that \( X \subset \lambda \) . The set \( {\left( {\left\lbrack \lambda \right\rbrack }^{\omega }\right) }^{V} \) remains stationary in \( V\left\lbrack G\right\rbrack \) and ther...
Yes
Theorem 31.9. A forcing notion \( P \) is proper if and only if for every \( p \in P \) , II has a winning strategy for the proper game.
Proof. Exercise 31.3.
No
Lemma 31.11. If \( P \) satisfies Axiom A then \( P \) is proper.
Proof. Let \( P \) satisfy Axiom A and let \( p \in P \) . The following is a winning strategy for II in the game from Exercise 31.2: When I plays \( {\dot{\alpha }}_{n} \), let II find a condition \( {p}_{n}{ \leq }_{n - 1}{p}_{n - 1} \) (with \( {p}_{0} \leq p \) ) and a countable set \( {B}_{n} \) such that \( {p}_{...
No
The notions of forcing that add a Sacks real, a Mathias real or a Laver real satisfy Axiom A.
For Sacks reals, see (15.26). For Laver forcing, see (28.17); Mathias forcing is similar.
No
Theorem 31.15 (Shelah). If \( {P}_{\alpha } \) is a countable support iteration of \( \left\{ {\dot{Q}}_{\beta }\right. \) : \( \beta < \alpha \} \) such that every \( {\dot{Q}}_{\beta } \) is a proper forcing notion in \( {V}^{{P}_{\alpha } \mid \beta } \), then \( {P}_{\alpha } \) is proper.
Toward the proof of Theorem 31.15 we first observe that the properness condition in Theorem 31.7 can be somewhat simplified:
No
Lemma 31.18. Let \( P \) be proper, let \( \dot{Q} \in {V}^{P} \) be such that \( { \Vdash }_{P}\dot{Q} \) is proper and let \( R = P * \dot{Q} \) . Let \( M \prec {H}_{\lambda } \) be countable, with \( R \in M \) . For every \( \left( {M, P}\right) \) -generic \( {q}_{0} \in P \) and every \( \dot{p} \in {V}^{P} \) s...
Proof. To find the name \( {\dot{q}}_{1} \), let \( G \) be a generic filter on \( P \) containing \( {q}_{0} \) . Let \( p = {\dot{p}}^{G} \) and \( q = {\dot{Q}}^{G} \) ; then \( p \in M \cap R \) and \( p = \left( {{p}_{0},{\dot{p}}_{1}}\right) \) with \( {p}_{0} \in G \) . Since \( {\dot{p}}_{1} \in M \), we have \...
No
Theorem 31.21. If there exists a supercompact cardinal then there is a generic model that satisfies PFA.
Proof. The proof follows loosely the proof of the consistency of MA. Let \( \kappa \) be a supercompact cardinal. The model is obtained by countable support iteration of length \( \kappa \) . Each notion of forcing used in the iteration is proper and has size \( < \kappa \), thus both \( {\aleph }_{1} \) and all cardin...
Yes
Lemma 31.22. In \( V\left\lbrack G\right\rbrack \), if \( P \) is proper and \( \mathcal{D} = \left\{ {{D}_{\alpha } : \alpha < \gamma }\right\} \), with \( \gamma < \kappa \) , is a family of dense subsets of \( P \), then there exists a \( \mathcal{D} \) -generic filter on \( P \) .
Proof of Lemma 31.22. Let \( \dot{P} \) and \( \dot{\mathcal{D}} \) be \( {P}_{\kappa } \) -names for \( P \) and \( \mathcal{D} \) . Let \( \lambda > {2}^{{2}^{\left| P\right| }} \) be sufficiently large; we may also assume that \( P \subset \lambda \) . Since \( f \) is a Laver function, there exists an elementary em...
Yes
Theorem 31.23 (Todorčević). PFA implies \( {2}^{{\aleph }_{0}} = {\aleph }_{2} \) .
As the first step we show that the Open Coloring Axiom (29.6) is a consequence of PFA. If \( {\left\lbrack X\right\rbrack }^{2} = {K}_{0} \cup {K}_{1} \) with \( {K}_{0} \) open, let us call \( Z \subset X \) 0-homogeneous if \( {\left\lbrack Z\right\rbrack }^{2} \subset {K}_{0} \) and 1-homogeneous if \( {\left\lbrack...
No
Lemma 31.24 (Todorčević). Assume \( {2}^{{\aleph }_{0}} = {\aleph }_{1} \) . Let \( X \subset \mathbf{R} \) and \( {\left\lbrack X\right\rbrack }^{2} = \) \( {K}_{0} \cup {K}_{1} \) with \( {K}_{0} \) open, and assume that \( X \) is not the union of countably many closed 1-homogeneous sets. Then there exists an uncoun...
Proof. See Theorem 4.4 of Todorčević [1989]. (To apply the theorem, let \( F\left( x\right) \) be the closure of \( \left\{ {y \in X : x < y}\right. \) and \( \left. {\{ x, y\} \in {K}_{1}}\right) \) .
No
Theorem 31.25. PFA implies OCA.
Proof. Let \( X \subset \mathbf{R} \) and let \( {\left\lbrack X\right\rbrack }^{2} = {K}_{0} \cup {K}_{1} \) with \( {K}_{0} \) open, and assume that \( X \) is not the union of countably many closed 1-homogeneous sets. We shall use PFA to find an uncountable 0-homogeneous set.\n\nLet \( P \) be the forcing (15.2) tha...
No
Lemma 31.26. There exists a partition \( F : {\left\lbrack \mathfrak{b}\right\rbrack }^{2} \rightarrow \omega \) such that in \( {V}^{P} \), for every \( \dot{C} \) as above and every \( r \in {\omega }^{\omega },{\dot{Q}}_{r}\left( \dot{C}\right) \) satisfies the countable chain condition.
Proof. See Bekkali [1991], page 49. The partition \( F \) is obtained by using oscillating real numbers, cf. Chapter 1 of Todorčević [1989].
No
Lemma 31.27. PFA implies \( \mathfrak{b} = {2}^{{\aleph }_{0}} \) .
Proof. Let \( F : {\left\lbrack \mathfrak{b}\right\rbrack }^{2} \rightarrow \omega \) be as in Lemma 31.26. Let \( P \) be the \( \omega \) -closed forcing that adds a subset of \( {\omega }_{1} \), and let \( \dot{C} \in {V}^{P} \) be a closed unbounded subset of \( \mathfrak{b} \) , of order-type \( {\omega }_{1} \)....
Yes
Theorem 31.28 (Todorčević). PFA implies that \( {▱}_{\kappa } \) fails for every uncountable cardinal \( \kappa \) .
Proof. Let \( \kappa \) be an uncountable cardinal, assume that \( {▱}_{\kappa } \) holds, and let \( \left\langle {{C}_{\alpha } : \alpha \in \operatorname{Lim}\left( {\kappa }^{ + }\right) }\right\rangle \) be a square-sequence (cf. (23.4)).\n\nLet \( T \) be the tree whose nodes are limit ordinals below \( {\kappa }...
Yes
Lemma 31.29. \( P \) is proper.
Proof. We omit the proof, as it is similar to the proof of properness in Exercise 31.5 (and using the fact that \( \left( {T, \prec }\right) \) has no \( {\kappa }^{ + } \) -branch).
No
Theorem 31.31. If PFA holds then any two normal Aronszajn trees are club-isomorphic.
Proof. Let \( {T}_{1} \) and \( {T}_{2} \) be two normal Aronszajn trees. Consider the forcing with finite conditions \( \left( {E, f}\right) \) such that\n\n(31.7)\n\n(i) \( E \) is a finite subset of \( {\omega }_{1} \) ,\n\n(ii) \( \operatorname{dom}\left( f\right) \) is a subtree of \( {T}_{1} \mid E \) in which ev...
No
Theorem 31.32. If PFA holds then there are no \( {\aleph }_{2} \) -Aronszajn trees.
Proof. Assume that \( T \) is an \( {\aleph }_{2} \) -Aronszajn tree. Let \( P \) be the forcing that adds a subset of \( {\omega }_{1} \) with countable conditions. Since \( {2}^{{\aleph }_{0}} = {\aleph }_{2}, P \) collapses \( {\omega }_{2} \) and so there is in \( {V}^{P} \) a closed unbounded subset \( \dot{C} \) ...
Yes
Lemma 32.2. Let \( E \) be a meager equivalence relation on \( \mathcal{N} \). Then there exist a perfect set of inequivalent reals.
Proof. Let \( {\left\{ {D}_{n}\right\} }_{n} \) be dense open sets in \( \mathcal{N} \times \mathcal{N} \) such that \( {\mathcal{N}}^{2} - E \supset \mathop{\bigcap }\limits_{{n = 0}}^{\infty }{D}_{n} \). We construct a binary tree of finite sequences \( \left\{ {{u}_{s} : s \in \operatorname{Seq}\left( {\{ 0,1\} }\ri...
Yes
Lemma 32.4. The \( {\sum }_{1}^{1} \) -topology satisfies the Baire Category Theorem.
Proof. Exercise 32.3.
No
Lemma 32.5. If \( X \) is comeager in the \( {\sum }_{1}^{1} \) -topology then for every nonempty \( {\sum }_{1}^{1} \) subset \( A \) of \( \mathcal{N} \times \mathcal{N}, A \cap \left( {X \times X}\right) \neq \varnothing \) .
Proof. The lemma states that \( X \times X \) is dense in the \( {\sum }_{1}^{1} \) -topology on \( \mathcal{N} \times \mathcal{N} \) (which is larger than the product of the \( {\sum }_{1}^{1} \) -topology). If \( D \) is a dense open set in the \( {\sum }_{1}^{1} \) -topology then \( D \times \mathcal{N} \) is dense ...
Yes
Lemma 32.6. \( H \) is a \( {\sum }_{1}^{1} \) set.
Proof. First note that if an equivalence class \( A \) of \( E \) contains a nonempty \( {\sum }_{1}^{1} \) set \( U \) then \( A \) is \( {\Pi }_{1}^{1} \) :\n\n\[ x \in A \leftrightarrow \forall y\left( {y \in U \rightarrow {xEy}}\right) . \]\n\nThen by the separation principle there exists a \( {\Delta }_{1}^{1} \) ...
No
Lemma 32.7. For every \( a \in \mathcal{N},{E}_{a} \cap H \) is meager in the \( {\sum }_{1}^{1} \) -topology, where \( {E}_{a} = \{ b : \left( {a, b}\right) \in E\} .
Proof. If \( H = \varnothing \) then there is nothing to prove; thus assume \( H \neq \varnothing \) . The set \( {E}_{a} \) is \( {\Pi }_{1}^{1} \) and therefore has the Baire property in the \( {\sum }_{1}^{1} \) -topology. If \( {E}_{a} \cap H \) is not meager then there exists a nonempty \( {\sum }_{1}^{1} \) set \...
Yes
Lemma 32.8. \( E \cap \left( {H \times H}\right) \) is meager (in the product of the \( {\sum }_{1}^{1} \) -topology).
Proof. By Lemma 32.7 and Lemma 11.16.
No
Theorem 32.9. If \( E \) is a \( {\mathbf{\sum }}_{1}^{1} \) equivalence relation on \( \mathcal{N} \) then either \( E \) has at most \( {\aleph }_{1} \) equivalence classes or there exists a perfect set of mutually inequivalent reals.
Proof. Let \( E \) be a \( {\mathbf{\sum }}_{1}^{1} \) equivalence relation. There exists a tree \( T \) on \( \left( {\omega \times \omega }\right) \times \omega \) such that for all \( a, b \in \mathcal{N} \)\n\n(32.3)\n\n\[ \n{aEb} \leftrightarrow T\left( {a, b}\right) \text{is ill-founded.} \n\]\n\nWe define, for e...
No
Lemma 32.10. There is a closed unbounded set \( C \subset {\omega }_{1} \) such that for each \( \alpha \in C,{E}^{\alpha } \) is an equivalence relation.
Proof. If \( T\left( {x, y}\right) \) is well-founded then so is \( T\left( {y, x}\right) \) (by the symmetry of \( E \) ) and so for every \( \alpha < {\omega }_{1} \) the set \( \{ T\left( {y, x}\right) : \parallel T\left( {x, y}\right) \parallel < \alpha \} \) is a set of well-founded trees. The set is \( {\mathbf{\...
Yes
Theorem 32.11. If there exists a nonconstructible real then the set \( \mathbf{R} \cap L \) does not have a perfect subset.
Proof. As a first step we show that \( \mathbf{R} \cap L \) does not have a superperfect subset. A tree \( T \subset \) Seq is superperfect if for every \( t \in T \) there exists an \( s \supset t \) in \( T \) such that \( {s}^{ \frown }k \in T \) for infinitely many \( k \in \omega \) . (We call \( s \) an \( \omega...
No
Theorem 32.14 (Martin and Solovay [1969], Mansfield [1971]). If there exists a measurable cardinal then for every \( {\mathbf{\sum }}_{3}^{1} \) set \( A \) there exists a tree \( T \) on \( \omega \times \lambda \) (for some \( \lambda \) ) such that \( A = p\left\lbrack T\right\rbrack \) .
Proof. Let \( \kappa \) be a measurable cardinal and let \( U \) be a normal measure on \( \kappa \) . For each \( n \), let \( {U}_{n} \) be the ultrafilter \( \left\{ {X \subset {\kappa }^{n} : X \supset {\left\lbrack Z\right\rbrack }^{n}\text{for some}Z \in U}\right\} \), and let \( {j}_{n} = {i}_{n, n + 1} \) be th...
No
Theorem 32.16 (Magidor [1980]). Let us assume that there exists a measurable cardinal, and that \( {\omega }_{1} \) carries a precipitous ideal. Then every \( {\mathbf{\sum }}_{3}^{1} \) set is Lebesgue measurable, has the Baire property, and is either countable or contains a perfect subset.
Proof. Let \( A \) be a \( {\mathbf{\sum }}_{3}^{1} \) set and let \( A = p\left\lbrack T\right\rbrack \) where \( T \) is the tree defined in the proof of Theorem 32.14. We shall prove that under the given assumptions,\n\n(32.12)\n\n\( \mathbf{R} \cap L\left\lbrack T\right\rbrack \) is countable.\n\nThen the statement...
Yes
Lemma 32.17. \( i\left( U\right) = \bar{U} \cap M, i\left( {U}_{n}\right) = \overline{{U}_{n}} \cap M \) .
Proof. It suffices to show that \( i\left( U\right) \subset \bar{U} \cap M \) ; if \( X \in i\left( U\right) \) we want a \( W \in U \) such that \( X \supset W.X \) is represented by \( \left\langle {{X}_{\xi } : \xi < {\omega }_{1}}\right\rangle \), so let \( Y = \mathop{\bigcap }\limits_{{\xi < {\omega }_{1}}}{X}_{\...
No
Lemma 32.18. Let \( h \in V\left\lbrack G\right\rbrack \) be a function \( h : \kappa \rightarrow V \) . Then there exists a function \( H \in V \) such that \( h\left( \alpha \right) = H\left( \alpha \right) \) a.e. \( {\;\operatorname{mod}\;U} \) . Similarly for \( h : {\kappa }^{n} \rightarrow \) \( V\left( {\text{a...
Proof. For each \( \alpha < \kappa \) there is a maximal antichain \( {W}_{\alpha } \) in \( P \) and a set \( \left\{ {{x}_{p}^{\alpha } : p \in {W}_{\alpha }}\right\} \) such that \( p \Vdash \dot{h}\left( \alpha \right) = {x}_{p}^{\alpha } \) . Let \( W \) be such that \( {W}_{\alpha } = W \) for \( U \) -almost all...
Yes
Lemma 32.19. Let \( f \in V \) be a function \( f : \kappa \rightarrow \) Ord. Then there exists a function \( g \in M \) such that \( f\left( \alpha \right) = g\left( \alpha \right) \) a.e. \( {\;\operatorname{mod}\;U} \) . Similarly for \( f : {\kappa }^{n} \rightarrow \) Ord.
Proof. Every ordinal \( \beta \) is represented in \( M \) by some \( {h}_{\beta } : {\omega }_{1} \rightarrow \) Ord, \( {h}_{\beta } \in V \) . For each \( \alpha < \kappa \), pick (in \( V\left\lbrack G\right\rbrack \) ) some \( {h}_{f\left( \alpha \right) } : {\omega }_{1} \rightarrow \) Ord that represents \( f\le...
Yes
Lemma 33.1. Assuming the Axiom of Choice, there exists \( A \subset {\omega }^{\omega } \) such that the game \( {G}_{A} \) is not determined.
Proof. Let \( \left\{ {{\sigma }_{\alpha } : \alpha < {2}^{{\aleph }_{0}}}\right\} \) and \( \left\{ {{\tau }_{\alpha } : \alpha < {2}^{{\aleph }_{0}}}\right\} \) enumerate all strategies for I and all strategies for II. We construct sets \( X = \left\{ {{x}_{\alpha } : \alpha < {2}^{{\aleph }_{0}}}\right\} \) and \( Y...
Yes
Lemma 33.2. The Axiom of Determinacy implies that every countable family of nonempty sets of real numbers has a choice function.
Proof. We prove that if \( \mathcal{X} = \left\{ {{X}_{n} : n \in \omega }\right\} \) is a family of nonempty subsets of \( \mathcal{N} \), then there exists \( f \) on \( \mathcal{X} \) such that \( f\left( {X}_{n}\right) \in {X}_{n} \) for all \( n \) . Let us consider the following game: If I plays \( \left\langle {...
Yes
Theorem 33.3. Assume the Axiom of Determinacy. Then:\n\n(i) Every set of reals is Lebesgue measurable.
Proof. (i) It suffices to prove the following lemma:\n\nLemma 33.4. Assuming AD
No
Let \( X \subset \mathcal{N} \). Player I has a winning strategy in the Banach-Mazur game if and only if for some \( s \in {Seq}, O\left( s\right) - X \) is meager.
Proof. Note that I has a winning strategy if and only if there exists \( s \in {Seq} \) (the first move of I) such that player II has a winning strategy in the following game: I plays \( {t}_{0} \supset s \), II plays \( {s}_{0} \supset {t}_{0} \), I plays \( {t}_{1} \supset {s}_{0} \), etc.; and I wins if \( {t}_{0} \...
Yes
Lemma 33.10. Let \( X \subset C \) . If II has a winning strategy in the perfect set game, then \( X \) is countable.
Proof. Let \( \tau \) be a winning strategy for II. A correct position is a finite sequence \( \left\langle {{s}_{0},{n}_{0},\ldots ,{s}_{k},{n}_{k}}\right\rangle \) such that \( {n}_{0} = \tau \left( \left\langle {s}_{0}\right\rangle \right) ,{n}_{1} = \tau \left( \left\langle {{s}_{0},{n}_{0},{s}_{1}}\right\rangle \r...
Yes
Theorem 33.12 (Solovay). The Axiom of Determinacy implies that:\n\n(i) \( {\aleph }_{1} \) is a measurable cardinal, and moreover, the closed unbounded filter on \( {\aleph }_{1} \) is an ultrafilter.\n\n(ii) \( {\aleph }_{2} \) is a measurable cardinal.
Proof. (i) We first show that AD implies that \( {\omega }_{1} \) is measurable. We already know that \( {\omega }_{1} \) is inaccessible in every \( L\left\lbrack a\right\rbrack, a \subset \omega \) .\n\nLet us consider the following partial ordering of the Baire space:\n\n(33.7)\n\n\[ x \preccurlyeq y\;\text{ if and ...
Yes
AD implies that for every \( \equiv \) -closed \( A \subset \mathcal{N} \), either \( A \) or its complement contains a cone. Hence \( \mathcal{F} \) is a \( \sigma \) -complete ultrafilter on \( \mathcal{B} \) .
We show that if I has a winning strategy in the game \( {G}_{A} \), then \( A \) contains a cone (and similarly, if II has a winning strategy, then \( \mathcal{N} - A \in \mathcal{F} \) ). Let \( \sigma \) be a winning strategy for I. It suffices to show that \( A \) contains the cone \( \{ x \in \mathcal{N} : \sigma \...
Yes
Lemma 33.14. Assume AD. Then for every \( S \subset {\omega }_{1} \), the set \( \{ x \in \mathrm{{WO}} \) : \( \parallel x\parallel \in S\} \) is \( {\mathbf{\Pi }}_{1}^{1} \). Consequently, there is some \( a \subset \omega \) such that \( S \in L\left\lbrack a\right\rbrack \) .
Proof. If \( x \in \mathcal{N} \), then for each \( n \in \mathbf{N} \) we let \( {x}_{n} \in \mathcal{N} \) be such that \( {x}_{n}\left( m\right) = \) \( x\left( {\langle n, m\rangle }\right) \) for all \( m \in \mathbf{N} \) . We consider the following game:\n\n33.15. The Solovay Game. Let \( S \subset {\omega }_{1}...
Yes
Lemma 33.17. If \( A \subset \mathcal{N} \) is an open set, then \( {G}_{A} \) is determined.
Proof. Player I plays \( \left\langle {{a}_{0},{a}_{1},\ldots }\right\rangle \), player II plays \( \left\langle {{b}_{0},{b}_{1},\ldots }\right\rangle \), and I wins if \( \left\langle {{a}_{0},{b}_{0},{a}_{1},{b}_{1},\ldots }\right\rangle \in A \) . Let us assume that player I does not have a winning strategy, and le...
Yes
Theorem 33.18 (Martin [1975]). All Borel games are determined.
We shall not give a proof. It can be found either in Martin's paper [1975], or in the survey article [1980] by Kechris and Martin; furthermore, Martin gives a simplification of his proof in [1985].
No
Corollary 33.24. Assume PD. The classes \( {\Pi }_{{2n} + 1}^{1}\left( a\right) \) and \( {\sum }_{{2n} + 2}^{1}\left( a\right) \) have the prewellordering property and the uniformization property and satisfy the reduction principle; the classes \( {\sum }_{{2n} + 1}^{1}\left( a\right) \) and \( {\Pi }_{{2n} + 2}^{1}\l...
The scale property generalizes the prewellordering property, and implies uniformization (using the proof of Kondô’s Theorem 25.26; cf. Exercise 33.4). The prewellordering property implies the reduction principle (as in Exercise 25.7 ; see Exercise 33.5), which in turn implies the separation principle for the dual class...
No
Lemma 33.30. If \( A \subset \mathcal{N} \) is \( {\mathbf{\Pi }}_{1}^{1} \) and \( \kappa \) is a measurable cardinal then \( A \) is \( \kappa \) -homogeneously Suslin.
Proof. Exercise 33.10.
No
Theorem 33.34 (Martin and Steel [1988]). If \( A \subset \mathcal{N} \) is \( {\delta }^{ + } \) -weakly homogeneously Suslin, where \( \delta \) is a Woodin cardinal, then \( \mathcal{N} - A \) is homogeneously Suslin.
As for Theorem 33.34, assume that \( A = p\left| T\right| \) where \( T \) is weakly homogeneous. Then one constructs a tree \( \widetilde{T} \) such that \( \mathcal{N} - A = p\left\lbrack \widetilde{T}\right\rbrack \) in a manner similar to the tree representation for \( {\mathbf{\Pi }}_{2}^{1} \) sets in Theorem 32....
Yes
Theorem 33.3(i)
Theorem 33.3(i) is due to Mycielski and Świerczkowski [1964]; the present proof (and the covering game) is due to Harrington.
No
Lemma 34.2. The following are equivalent:\n\n(i) For every \( A \subset {V}_{\delta } \) there exists a \( \kappa < \delta \) that is \( \lambda \) -strong for \( A \) for all \( \lambda < \delta \).\n\n(ii) For every \( A \subset {V}_{\delta } \) the set of all \( \kappa < \delta \) that are \( \lambda \) -strong for ...
Proof. It suffices to show that (i) implies (iv) and that (iii) implies (ii).\n\nAssume that (i) holds, and let \( f : \delta \rightarrow \delta \) . By (i) there exists a \( \kappa < \delta \) that is \( \lambda \) -strong for \( A \) for all \( \lambda < \delta \) . Let \( \lambda < \delta \) be sufficiently large, a...
Yes
Lemma 34.12. Each of the following two properties is equivalent to semi-properness of \( A \) :\n\n(i) There is a closed unbounded set of countable \( M \prec {V}_{\kappa + 1} \) such that some countable \( N \prec {V}_{\kappa + 1} \) satisfies (34.11).\n\n(ii) For all sufficiently large \( \lambda \), for every counta...
Proof. For the nontrivial implication (i) \( \Rightarrow \) (ii) see Exercise 34.10.
No
Lemma 34.13. Let \( \kappa < \delta \) be such that \( A \cap {Q}_{ < \kappa } \) is dense in \( {Q}_{ < \kappa } \) and that \( \kappa \) is \( \lambda \) -strong for \( A \) for all \( \lambda < \delta \) . Then \( A \cap {Q}_{ < \kappa } \) is semiproper in \( {Q}_{ < \kappa } \) .
Proof. Toward a contradiction, assume that the set\n\n\[ S = \left\{ {M \prec {V}_{\kappa + 1} : }\right. \text{there is no}\left. {N \prec {V}_{\kappa + 1}\text{such that (34.11) holds}}\right\} \]\n\nis stationary. Let \( \lambda > \kappa + 1\left( {\lambda < \delta }\right) \) be such that \( \left( {{V}_{\lambda },...
Yes
Theorem 34.14 (Woodin, [1988]). Let \( \delta \) be a Woodin cardinal and let \( {Q}_{ < \delta } \) be the stationary tower forcing. Let \( G \) be a generic filter on \( {Q}_{ < \delta } \), and let \( j : V \rightarrow {\mathrm{{Ult}}}_{G} \) be the canonical elementary embedding into the generic ultrapower. Then\n\...
Proof. (i) If \( A \) is a dense set and \( N \) is a countable model, we say that \( N \) captures \( A \) if (34.11)(ii) holds. First we claim that if \( A \subset {Q}_{ < \kappa } \) is semiproper then for every condition \( p \in {Q}_{ < \kappa } \) there is a stronger condition \( q \) such that every \( N \in q \...
Yes
Corollary 34.15. If \( \delta \) is a Woodin cardinal and a limit of Woodin cardinals, if \( P \) is a forcing notion such that \( \left| P\right| < \delta \), and if \( G \) is a generic filter on \( P \) , then the model \( L{\left( \mathbf{R}\right) }^{V\left\lbrack G\right\rbrack } \) is elementarily equivalent to ...
Proof. As \( \delta \) remains a Woodin cardinal in \( V\left\lbrack G\right\rbrack \), we can find a \( V \) -generic filter \( H \) on \( \operatorname{Col}\left( {\omega , < \delta }\right) \) such that \( V\left\lbrack G\right\rbrack \subset V\left\lbrack H\right\rbrack \) and \( V\left\lbrack H\right\rbrack \) is ...
Yes
Lemma 35.7. A mouse exists if and only if \( {0}^{\sharp } \) exists.
Proof. If a mouse exists at \( \kappa \), then the iterates \( {\kappa }^{\left( \alpha \right) } \) are indiscernibles for \( L \) .\n\nConversely, let \( {0}^{\sharp } \) exist and let \( {i}_{\alpha } \) be the Silver indiscernibles. For each \( \alpha \) , let \( {j}_{\alpha } : L \rightarrow L \) be the unique ele...
Yes
Lemma 35.9. \( < \) is a well-ordering of mice, and if \( M \leq {M}^{\prime } \) then \( M \in L\left\lbrack {M}^{\prime }\right\rbrack \) .
Proof. If \( \beta < {\beta }^{\prime } \) then \( {J}_{\beta }^{{\mathcal{C}}_{\lambda }} \in {J}_{{\beta }^{\prime }}^{{\mathcal{C}}_{\lambda }} \), and \( M \in L\left\lbrack {J}_{\beta }^{{\mathcal{C}}_{\lambda }}\right\rbrack \) .
No
Lemma 35.10. If mice exist then \( K = \bigcup \{ M : M \) is a mouse \( \} \) .
Proofs in the core model theory such as the proof of Lemma 35.10 involve iterations of mice. One of the difficulties is that since mice do not satisfy \( {\mathrm{{ZF}}}^{ - } \) , the resulting embeddings are not fully elementary. It is easy to verify that \( {i}_{0,1} : M \rightarrow {\operatorname{Ult}}_{U}M \) is \...
No
Corollary 35.18 (Mitchell). Assume that \( \kappa \) is a measurable cardinal and \( {2}^{\kappa } > {\kappa }^{ + } \) . Then there is an inner model with a measurable \( \lambda \) of order \( {\lambda }^{+ + } \) .
Proof. If there is no such model then (iii) and (iv) hold. Let \( D \) be a normal measure on \( \kappa \) and \( {j}_{D} : V \rightarrow M = {\operatorname{Ult}}_{D}\left( V\right) \) ; let \( j = {j}_{D} \upharpoonright {K}^{m} : {K}^{m} \rightarrow N \) . By (iv), \( j \) is an iterated ultrapower, \( j = {i}_{0,\va...
Yes