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Stationary reflection and level by level equivalence

Arthur W. Apter (2009)

Colloquium Mathematicae

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We force and construct a model in which level by level equivalence between strong compactness and supercompactness holds, along with certain additional “inner model like” properties. In particular, in this model, the class of Mahlo cardinals reflecting stationary sets is the same as the class of weakly compact cardinals, and every regular Jónsson cardinal is weakly compact. On the other hand, we force and construct a model for the level by level equivalence between strong compactness...

A Note on Indestructibility and Strong Compactness

Arthur W. Apter (2008)

Bulletin of the Polish Academy of Sciences. Mathematics

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If κ < λ are such that κ is both supercompact and indestructible under κ-directed closed forcing which is also (κ⁺,∞)-distributive and λ is 2 λ supercompact, then by a result of Apter and Hamkins [J. Symbolic Logic 67 (2002)], δ < κ | δ is δ⁺ strongly compact yet δ is not δ⁺ supercompact must be unbounded in κ. We show that the large cardinal hypothesis on λ is necessary by constructing a model containing a supercompact cardinal κ in which no cardinal δ > κ is 2 δ = δ supercompact,...

Sandwiching the Consistency Strength of Two Global Choiceless Cardinal Patterns

Arthur W. Apter (2009)

Bulletin of the Polish Academy of Sciences. Mathematics

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We provide upper and lower bounds in consistency strength for the theories “ZF + ¬ A C ω + All successor cardinals except successors of uncountable limit cardinals are regular + Every uncountable limit cardinal is singular + The successor of every uncountable limit cardinal is singular of cofinality ω” and “ZF + ¬ A C ω + All successor cardinals except successors of uncountable limit cardinals are regular + Every uncountable limit cardinal is singular + The successor of every uncountable limit cardinal...

Measurable cardinals and the cofinality of the symmetric group

Sy-David Friedman, Lyubomyr Zdomskyy (2010)

Fundamenta Mathematicae

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Assuming the existence of a P₂κ-hypermeasurable cardinal, we construct a model of Set Theory with a measurable cardinal κ such that 2 κ = κ and the group Sym(κ) of all permutations of κ cannot be written as the union of a chain of proper subgroups of length < κ⁺⁺. The proof involves iteration of a suitably defined uncountable version of the Miller forcing poset as well as the “tuning fork” argument introduced by the first author and K. Thompson [J. Symbolic Logic 73 (2008)].

HOD-supercompactness, Indestructibility, and Level by Level Equivalence

Arthur W. Apter, Shoshana Friedman (2014)

Bulletin of the Polish Academy of Sciences. Mathematics

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In an attempt to extend the property of being supercompact but not HOD-supercompact to a proper class of indestructibly supercompact cardinals, a theorem is discovered about a proper class of indestructibly supercompact cardinals which reveals a surprising incompatibility. However, it is still possible to force to get a model in which the property of being supercompact but not HOD-supercompact holds for the least supercompact cardinal κ₀, κ₀ is indestructibly supercompact, the strongly...

Supercompactness and partial level by level equivalence between strong compactness and strongness

Arthur W. Apter (2004)

Fundamenta Mathematicae

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We force and construct a model containing supercompact cardinals in which, for any measurable cardinal δ and any ordinal α below the least beth fixed point above δ, if δ + α is regular, δ is δ + α strongly compact iff δ is δ + α + 1 strong, except possibly if δ is a limit of cardinals γ which are δ + α strongly compact. The choice of the least beth fixed point above δ as our bound on α is arbitrary, and other bounds are possible.

Some applications of Sargsyan's equiconsistency method

Arthur W. Apter (2012)

Fundamenta Mathematicae

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We apply techniques due to Sargsyan to reduce the consistency strength of the assumptions used to establish an indestructibility theorem for supercompactness. We then show how these and additional techniques due to Sargsyan may be employed to establish an equiconsistency for a related indestructibility theorem for strongness.

Some Remarks on Tall Cardinals and Failures of GCH

Arthur W. Apter (2013)

Bulletin of the Polish Academy of Sciences. Mathematics

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We investigate two global GCH patterns which are consistent with the existence of a tall cardinal, and also present some related open questions.

Universal Indestructibility is Consistent with Two Strongly Compact Cardinals

Arthur W. Apter (2005)

Bulletin of the Polish Academy of Sciences. Mathematics

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We show that universal indestructibility for both strong compactness and supercompactness is consistent with the existence of two strongly compact cardinals. This is in contrast to the fact that if κ is supercompact and universal indestructibility for either strong compactness or supercompactness holds, then no cardinal λ > κ is measurable.

A note on strong compactness and resurrectibility

Arthur Apter (2000)

Fundamenta Mathematicae

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We construct a model containing a proper class of strongly compact cardinals in which no strongly compact cardinal ĸ is ĸ + supercompact and in which every strongly compact cardinal has its strong compactness resurrectible.

Indestructibility, strongness, and level by level equivalence

Arthur W. Apter (2003)

Fundamenta Mathematicae

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We construct a model in which there is a strong cardinal κ whose strongness is indestructible under κ-strategically closed forcing and in which level by level equivalence between strong compactness and supercompactness holds non-trivially.

Level by Level Inequivalence, Strong Compactness, and GCH

Arthur W. Apter (2012)

Bulletin of the Polish Academy of Sciences. Mathematics

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We construct three models containing exactly one supercompact cardinal in which level by level inequivalence between strong compactness and supercompactness holds. In the first two models, below the supercompact cardinal κ, there is a non-supercompact strongly compact cardinal. In the last model, any suitably defined ground model Easton function is realized.

The Wholeness Axioms and the Class of Supercompact Cardinals

Arthur W. Apter (2012)

Bulletin of the Polish Academy of Sciences. Mathematics

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We show that certain relatively consistent structural properties of the class of supercompact cardinals are also relatively consistent with the Wholeness Axioms.

Indestructible Strong Compactness and Level by Level Equivalence with No Large Cardinal Restrictions

Arthur W. Apter (2015)

Bulletin of the Polish Academy of Sciences. Mathematics

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We construct a model for the level by level equivalence between strong compactness and supercompactness with an arbitrary large cardinal structure in which the least supercompact cardinal κ has its strong compactness indestructible under κ-directed closed forcing. This is in analogy to and generalizes the author's result in Arch. Math. Logic 46 (2007), but without the restriction that no cardinal is supercompact up to an inaccessible cardinal.

The consistency strength of the tree property at the double successor of a measurable cardina

Natasha Dobrinen, Sy-David Friedman (2010)

Fundamenta Mathematicae

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The Main Theorem is the equiconsistency of the following two statements: (1) κ is a measurable cardinal and the tree property holds at κ⁺⁺; (2) κ is a weakly compact hypermeasurable cardinal. From the proof of the Main Theorem, two internal consistency results follow: If there is a weakly compact hypermeasurable cardinal and a measurable cardinal far enough above it, then there is an inner model in which there is a proper class of measurable cardinals, and in which the tree property...

Indestructibility, strong compactness, and level by level equivalence

Arthur W. Apter (2009)

Fundamenta Mathematicae

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We show the relative consistency of the existence of two strongly compact cardinals κ₁ and κ₂ which exhibit indestructibility properties for their strong compactness, together with level by level equivalence between strong compactness and supercompactness holding at all measurable cardinals except for κ₁. In the model constructed, κ₁'s strong compactness is indestructible under arbitrary κ₁-directed closed forcing, κ₁ is a limit of measurable cardinals, κ₂'s strong compactness is indestructible...

On equivalence relations second order definable over H(κ)

Saharon Shelah, Pauli Vaisanen (2002)

Fundamenta Mathematicae

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Let κ be an uncountable regular cardinal. Call an equivalence relation on functions from κ into 2 second order definable over H(κ) if there exists a second order sentence ϕ and a parameter P ⊆ H(κ) such that functions f and g from κ into 2 are equivalent iff the structure ⟨ H(κ), ∈, P, f, g ⟩ satisfies ϕ. The possible numbers of equivalence classes of second order definable equivalence relations include all the nonzero cardinals at most κ⁺. Additionally, the possibilities are closed...

More Easton theorems for level by level equivalence

Arthur W. Apter (2012)

Colloquium Mathematicae

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We establish two new Easton theorems for the least supercompact cardinal that are consistent with the level by level equivalence between strong compactness and supercompactness. These theorems generalize Theorem 1 in our earlier paper [Math. Logic Quart. 51 (2005)]. In both our ground model and the model witnessing the conclusions of our present theorems, there are no restrictions on the structure of the class of supercompact cardinals.

Mixed Levels of Indestructibility

Arthur W. Apter (2015)

Bulletin of the Polish Academy of Sciences. Mathematics

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Starting from a supercompact cardinal κ, we force and construct a model in which κ is both the least strongly compact and least supercompact cardinal and κ exhibits mixed levels of indestructibility. Specifically, κ 's strong compactness, but not its supercompactness, is indestructible under any κ -directed closed forcing which also adds a Cohen subset of κ. On the other hand, in this model, κ 's supercompactness is indestructible under any κ -directed closed forcing which does not add...

Supercompactness and failures of GCH

Sy-David Friedman, Radek Honzik (2012)

Fundamenta Mathematicae

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Let κ < λ be regular cardinals. We say that an embedding j: V → M with critical point κ is λ-tall if λ < j(κ) and M is closed under κ-sequences in V. Silver showed that GCH can fail at a measurable cardinal κ, starting with κ being κ⁺⁺-supercompact. Later, Woodin improved this result, starting from the optimal hypothesis of a κ⁺⁺-tall measurable cardinal κ. Now more generally, suppose that κ ≤ λ are regular and one wishes the GCH to fail at λ with κ being λ-supercompact. Silver’s...

Easton functions and supercompactness

Brent Cody, Sy-David Friedman, Radek Honzik (2014)

Fundamenta Mathematicae

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Suppose that κ is λ-supercompact witnessed by an elementary embedding j: V → M with critical point κ, and further suppose that F is a function from the class of regular cardinals to the class of cardinals satisfying the requirements of Easton’s theorem: (1) ∀α α < cf(F(α)), and (2) α < β ⇒ F(α) ≤ F(β). We address the question: assuming GCH, what additional assumptions are necessary on j and F if one wants to be able to force the continuum function to agree with F globally, while...

Singular Failures of GCH and Level by Level Equivalence

Arthur W. Apter (2014)

Bulletin of the Polish Academy of Sciences. Mathematics

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We construct a model for the level by level equivalence between strong compactness and supercompactness in which below the least supercompact cardinal κ, there is an unbounded set of singular cardinals which witness the only failures of GCH in the universe. In this model, the structure of the class of supercompact cardinals can be arbitrary.

On level by level equivalence and inequivalence between strong compactness and supercompactness

Arthur W. Apter (2002)

Fundamenta Mathematicae

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We prove two theorems, one concerning level by level inequivalence between strong compactness and supercompactness, and one concerning level by level equivalence between strong compactness and supercompactness. We first show that in a universe containing a supercompact cardinal but of restricted size, it is possible to control precisely the difference between the degree of strong compactness and supercompactness that any measurable cardinal exhibits. We then show that in an unrestricted...