Sacks forcing collapses to
We shall prove that Sacks algebra is nowhere -distributive, which implies that Sacks forcing collapses to .
We shall prove that Sacks algebra is nowhere -distributive, which implies that Sacks forcing collapses to .
We provide upper and lower bounds in consistency strength for the theories “ZF + + 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 + + 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...
A two-point set is a subset of the plane which meets every line in exactly two points. By working in models of set theory other than ZFC, we demonstrate two new constructions of two-point sets. Our first construction shows that in ZFC + CH there exist two-point sets which are contained within the union of a countable collection of concentric circles. Our second construction shows that in certain models of ZF, we can show the existence of two-point sets without explicitly invoking the Axiom of Choice....
We study some limitations and possible occurrences of uniform ultrafilters on ordinals without the axiom of choice. We prove an Easton-like theorem about the possible spectrum of successors of regular cardinals which carry uniform ultrafilters; we also show that this spectrum is not necessarily closed.
Typically, set theorists reason about forcing constructions in the context of Zermelo--Fraenkel set theory (ZFC). We show that without the axiom of choice (AC), several simple properties of forcing posets fail to hold, one of which answers Miller's question from the work: Arnold W. Miller, {Long Borel hierarchies}, MLQ Math. Log. Q. {54} (2008), no. 3, 307--322.