For $\gamma$ an ordinal, let “$H_\gamma$” be the statement:
For all ordinals $\alpha$, we have $2^{\aleph_\alpha} = \aleph_{\alpha+\gamma}$.
So clearly $H_0$ is false, and so is $H_\omega$; in fact, $H_\gamma$ implies that $\gamma$ is successor (because otherwise $\operatorname{cf}\gamma = \omega_\alpha$, say, and $\aleph_{\alpha+\gamma} = 2^{\aleph_\alpha} = (2^{\aleph_\alpha})^{\aleph_\alpha} = (\aleph_{\alpha+\gamma})^{\aleph_\alpha} = (\aleph_{\alpha+\gamma})^{\operatorname{cf}\aleph_{\alpha+\gamma}}$ gives a contradiction).
On the other hand, $H_1$ is precisely the generalized continuum hypothesis (GCH) and it is consistent relative to ZFC.
I understand from this question and this one that $H_2$ is known to be consistent relative to certain large cardinal assumptions, and perhaps even $H_k$ for any concrete $k < \omega$.
What else, if anything, is known about the consistency of the various $H_\gamma$? Might we perhaps construct¹ a successor ordinal $\gamma$ for which $H_\gamma$ is demonstrably false?
- Admittedly, I don't know how to phrase this question properly, because clearly “the smallest successor ordinal for which $H_\gamma$ is false” is a definable successor ordinal for which $H_\gamma$ is provably false, which is clearly not what I'm asking about. But a proof in ZFC that $H_{\omega+1}$ is false (say) would be a good answer to my question.