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How to settle the Generalized Continuum Hypothesis when there are urelements?
Work in $\sf ZFCA$ and permutation models has preceded forcing by several decades. Was it used to settle the question of the Generalized Continuum Hypothesis $\sf GCH$ when urelements are admitted? I ...
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PFA for cardinal preserving forcing notions and the CH
Let $FA_{\aleph_1}$(cardinal preserving proper forcings) be the forcing axiom: if $\mathbb{P}$ is a cardinal preserving proper forcing notion and $(D_\xi)_{\xi<\omega_1}$ are dense subsets of $\...
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Can $H_{\omega_1}$ and $H_{\omega_2}$ be in bi-interpretation synonymy?
This question concerns the possibility of the bi-interpretation synonymy of the structure
$\langle
H_{\omega_1},\in\rangle$, consisting of the hereditarily countable sets, and the structure $\langle ...
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Does small forcing preserve CH?
Suppose CH holds and $\mathbb{P}$ is a poset of size $\omega_1$, such that forcing with $\mathbb{P}$ preserves $\omega_1$. Does forcing with $\mathbb{P}$ preserve CH? If $\mathbb{P}$ is proper then ...
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PFA: A New Godel's Program & A New Large Cardinal Ladder (Updated)
We know $PFA$ implies $2^{\aleph_0}=\aleph_2$.
Q1. What does $PFA$ say about other values of continuum function? Does proper forcing axiom carry any further information about values of continuum ...
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Minimal Generalized Continuum Hypothesis & Axiom of Choice
It is well known that working in the frame of $\text{ZF}$, the Generalized Continuum Hypothesis ($\text{GCH}$) implies the Axiom of Choice ($\text{AC}$), i.e. $\text{ZF}+\text{GCH}\vdash \text{AC}$.
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A New Continuum Hypothesis (Revised Version)
Define $N_n$ as $n$ th natural number: $N_0=0, N_1=1, N_2=2, ...$.
What happens after exponentiation?
We have the following equation: $2^{N_n}=N_{2^{n}}$.
(Which says: For all finite cardinal $n$ ...
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Iterated forcing and CH
I need some help with this theorem: if $P_\beta=\langle P_\alpha,\dot{Q}_\alpha:\alpha\leq\beta\rangle$, $\beta<\omega_2$, is a CSI of proper forcings, $P_\alpha\Vdash \lvert \dot{Q}_\alpha\rvert\...
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