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Height of diamond
Assume $V=L$.
Let $\alpha$ be the least ordinal such that there is a $\Diamond_{\omega_1}$-sequence in $L_\alpha$.
It's obvious that $\omega_1 < \alpha < \omega_2$.
Do we have some better ...
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On the utility of Silver machines
This question arises out of having Devlin's Constructibility [1] in my collection of books at home during the lockdown. Chapter IX of the book deals with Silver machines, which are presented as ...
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Consequences of existence of a certain function from $\omega_1$ to $\omega_1$
In his book [1], Paul Larson remarks (Remark 1.1.22) that in L there is a function $h:\omega_1\rightarrow\omega_1$ such that for any countable elementary submodel $X$ of $V_\gamma$ (where $\gamma$ is ...