Is the axiom of determinacy (AD) consistent with the following choice principle, and if yes, does it hold in $L(ℝ)$ under AD:
Simultaneous well-orderability: For every function $f:P(Ord)→\text{Wellorderable}$, there is $g$ such that for all $x$, $g(x)$ is a well-ordering of $f(x)$.
Notes:
- $\text{Wellorderable}$ is the class of all well-orderable sets. $P(Ord)$ is the class of all sets of ordinals. Domains of functions are sets.
- Without the $P(Ord)$ restriction, the principle would be equivalent to the axiom of choice for collections of well-orderable sets (i.e. choice for $V→\text{Wellorderable}$), which does not prove AC, but contradicts AD.
The principle looks strong, but I do not see a contradiction with AD. Under AD, AC fails for functions $ω_1→ℝ$, but $ℝ$ cannot be well-ordered. Also, under AD, there is no function that for every Turing degree gives a real of that degree (even though the set of such reals is countable). However, Turing degrees are not sets of ordinals; while Turing degrees are encodable by reals, the encoding is non-unique.
Under $V=\mathrm{HOD}(P(Ord))$, it suffices to consider OD $f$ in the principle. Also, under $V=\mathrm{HOD}(P(Ord))$, a natural strengthening of the principle is that for every $s∈P(Ord)$, every well-orderable non-empty $\mathrm{OD}(s)$ set has an $\mathrm{OD}(s)$ element (equivalently, $\mathrm{OD}(s)$ well-ordering as we can extract elements one by one here). Under $V=\mathrm{HOD}(2^λ)$ for an ordinal $λ$ (and thus for $V=L(ℝ)$), the unstrengthened principle is equivalent to existence of a set of ordinals $t$ such that every $s∈P(Ord)$, every well-orderable non-empty $\mathrm{OD}(s)$ set has an $\mathrm{OD}(s,t)$ element (equivalently, $\mathrm{OD}(s,t)$ well-ordering).
Other choice principles under AD:
- ZF + AD proves DC in $L(ℝ)$.
- Under AD, axiom of choice for sets parameterized by reals (i.e. choice for $f:ℝ→V$) implies, and under $V=L(P(ℝ))$, is equivalent to $\text{AD}_ℝ$ + "$Θ$ is regular".
- It is open whether under AD, every set of reals must be in $\mathrm{HOD}(P(Ord))$ (under $\text{AD}^+$, $P(ℝ)∈L(Ord^{<Θ})$).