Characterization of generic extensions of models of set theory
In A theorem on supports in the theory of semisets [Comment. Math. Univ. Carolinae 14 (1973), no. 1, 1–6] B. Balcar showed that if is a support, being an inner model of ZFC, and with , then determines a preorder "" of such that becomes a filter on generic over . We show that if the relation is replaced by a function , then there exists an equivalence relation "" on and a partial order on such that is a complete Boolean algebra, is a generic filter and for any , .
The paper contains a self-contained alternative proof of my Theorem in Characterization of generic extensions of models of set theory, Fund. Math. 83 (1973), 35–46, saying that for models of ZFC with same ordinals, the condition implies that is a -C.C. generic extension of .
In this note, we show that the model obtained by finite support iteration of a sequence of generic extensions of models of ZFC of length is sometimes the smallest common extension of this sequence and very often it is not.
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