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Iteration of $\aleph_2$-properness

Let us say a forcing $P$ is proper for a class of models $\mathcal C$, if for large enough regular $\theta$ and $M \prec H_\theta$ in $\mathcal C$ with $P \in M$, every $p \in P \cap M$ can be extende …
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What is the evidence for and against the HOD conjecture?

I believe it is fair to say that the HOD Conjecture has been refuted. The HOD Conjecture is the statement that the theory ZFC + "There is an extendible cardinal" proves that there is a proper class of …
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Why believe in the existence of large cardinals rather than just their consistency?

I think it can be reasonably argued that the large cardinal notions follow a common conceptual pattern, even a semi-formal template. Once we understood the characterization of measurable cardinals in …
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Algebraic structures on spaces of ultrafilters

The space of ultrafilters on $\omega$ has a natural semigroup structure, and ultrafilters that are idempotent in that algebra have seen applications in combinatorics on the natural numbers, for exampl …
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Is discriminative choice provable in ZFC?

Yes. Enumerate $F$ as $\langle F_\alpha : \alpha<\kappa\rangle$, where $\kappa$ is a cardinal. Inductively pick $x_\alpha \in F_\alpha$ such that $x_\alpha$ is not $\phi$-equivalent to any $x_\beta$, …
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Copy of $P(\omega)/\mathrm{fin}$ on $\omega_1$

$\newcommand{\fin}{\mathrm{fin}}$Under what hypotheses does there exist a uniform ideal $I$ on $\omega_1$ such that $P(\omega_1)/I \cong P(\omega)/\fin$? What is the consistency strength? It follows …
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Forcing $\neg\square_{\omega_1}$ from a Mahlo cardinal, reference

I'll give the proof, which was told to me by Martin Zeman. Let $G \subseteq \mathrm{Col}(\omega_1,{<}\kappa)$ be generic, where $\kappa$ is Mahlo. Suppose towards contradiction that $\square_{\omega_ …
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Reference request: $\kappa^+$-saturated ideal from iterated Cohen forcing on measurable $\ka...

The key here is that you don't have to force beyond $\mathrm{Add}(\kappa,\kappa^+)$ in order to lift the embedding. Suppose $G \subseteq \mathbb P$ is generic and $H \subseteq \mathrm{Add}(\kappa,\kap …
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A reference for forcing projections

I don’t know if there’s a “canonical” writeup, but I taught a master’s course a few years ago and wrote up many details of these things here. But maybe this isn’t useful if you’re looking for somethi …
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Can a generic ultrafilter over $\mathrm{NS}^+_{\omega_1}$ witness $\omega_1$ is Ramsey-like?

The statement implies that for any $f : [\omega_1]^2 \to 2$, there is an uncountable $S$ such that $f$ is constant on $[S]^2$. This is impossible since $\omega_1$ is not weakly compact. See Jech, Le …
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Truth in a different universe of sets?

In contrast to Joel's answer, I would like to point out that the notion of truth-in-a-structure, or whether $A \models \phi$ for a given $A,\phi$, is not so wild and capricious. Although the question …
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Ultrafilter projections and critical points of factor maps

Suppose $j : V \to M$ is $\lambda$-supercompactness embedding derived from an $\kappa$-complete normal ultrafilter $U$ on $P_\kappa(\lambda)$, $\lambda$ regular. Suppose $\eta$ is an ordinal such tha …
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Existence of trees with height $\omega$, size $\aleph_1$ and $\aleph_2$ maximal branches

Suppose $T$ is a tree of height $\omega$ with $<2^\omega$-many branches. Then it must be the case that for all $t \in T$, there is $s \geq t$ such that all $x \geq s$ are comparable. Otherwise we co …
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Natural set-theoretic principles implying the Ground Axiom

The Ground Axiom states that the set-theoretic universe is not a set-forcing extension of an inner model. By Reitz, it is first-order expressible and easy to force over any given ZFC model with class …
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Interest in the size of ultrapowers in model theory

It seems that in the 60s (at least), there was interest in computing the size of ultrapowers by countably incomplete ultrafilters. For example, given an ultrafilter $U$ on some relatively small set l …
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