Assuming that $GCH$ holds and $κ$ is $κ^{+3}$-supercompact, we construct a generic extension $W$ of $V$ in which $κ$ remains strongly inaccessible and $(α^+)^{HOD} < α^+$ for every infinite cardinal $α< κ$. In particular the rank-initial segment $W_κ$ is a model of ZFC in which $(α^+)^{HOD} < α^+$ for every infinite cardinal $α$.
This paper explores several topics related to Woodin's HOD conjecture. We improve the large cardinal hypothesis of Woodin's HOD dichotomy theorem from an extendible cardinal to a strongly compact cardinal. We show that assuming there is a strongly compact cardinal and the HOD hypothesis holds, there is no elementary embedding from HOD to HOD, settling a question of Woodin. We show that the HOD hypothesis is equivalent to a uniqueness property of elementary embeddings of levels of the cumulative hierarchy. We prove that the HOD hypothesis holds if and only if every regular cardinal above the fi…
We prove that large cardinals need not generally exhibit their large cardinal nature in HOD. For example, a supercompact cardinal $κ$ need not be weakly compact in HOD, and there can be a proper class of supercompact cardinals in $V$, none of them weakly compact in HOD, with no supercompact cardinals in HOD. Similar results hold for many other types of large cardinals, such as measurable and strong cardinals.
Some models of combinatorial principles have been obtained by collapsing a huge cardinal in the case of the successors of regular cardinals. For example, saturated ideals, Chang's conjecture, polarized partition relations, and transfer principles for chromatic numbers of graphs. In this paper, we study these in the case of the successors of singular cardinals. In particular, we show that Prikry forcing preserves the centeredness of ideals but kills the layeredness. We also study $\binom{μ^{++}}{μ^{+}}\to\binomκ{μ^{+}}_μ$ and $\mathrm{Tr}_{\mathrm{Chr}}(μ^{+++},μ^{+})$ in the extension by Prikr…
We deal with (< kappa)-supported iterated forcing notions which are (E_0,E_1)-complete, have in mind problems on Whitehead groups, uniformizations and the general problem. We deal mainly with the successor of a singular case. This continues [Sh:587]. We also deal with complimentary combinatorial results.
Assuming the existence of a supercompact cardinal and an inaccessible above it, we construct a model of ZFC, in which all uncountable regular cardinals are inaccessible in HOD.
Given a forcing notion $P$ that forces certain values to several classical cardinal characteristics of the reals, we show how we can compose $P$ with a collapse (of a cardinal $λ>κ$ to $κ$) such that the composition still forces the previous values to these characteristics. We also show how to force distinct values to $\mathfrak m$, $\mathfrak p$ and $\mathfrak h$ and also keeping all the values in Cichoń's diagram distint, using the Boolean Ultrapower method of arXiv:1708.03691 . (In arXiv:2006.09826 , the same was done for the newer Cichoń's Maximum construction, which avoids large cardinals…
We analyze the hereditarily ordinal definable sets $\operatorname{HOD}$ in $M_n(x)[g]$ for a Turing cone of reals $x$, where $M_n(x)$ is the canonical inner model with $n$ Woodin cardinals build over $x$ and $g$ is generic over $M_n(x)$ for the Lévy collapse up to its bottom inaccessible cardinal. We prove that assuming $\boldsymbolΠ^1_{n+2}$-determinacy, for a Turing cone of reals $x$, $\operatorname{HOD}^{M_n(x)[g]} = M_n(\mathcal{M}_{\infty} | κ_\infty, Λ),$ where $\mathcal{M}_\infty$ is a direct limit of iterates of $M_{n+1}$, $δ_\infty$ is the least Woodin cardinal in $\mathcal{M}_\infty$…
We deal with the problem of preserving various versions of completeness in (< kappa) --support iterations of forcing notions, generalizing the case ``S --complete proper is preserved by CS iterations for a stationary co-stationary S subseteq omega_1''. We give applications to Uniformization and the Whitehead problem. In particular, for a strongly inaccessible cardinal kappa and a stationary set S subseteq kappa with fat complement we can have uniformization for < A_delta : delta in S'>, A_delta subseteq delta = sup A_delta, cf(delta)=otp(A_delta) and a stationary non-reflecting set S' subseteq…
Suppose $κ$ is a singular strong limit cardinal of countable cofinality and let $\langle κ_{n}: n<ω\rangle$ be an incrasing sequence of regular cardinals cofinal in $κ$. We show that if $cf(2^κ)= κ^+$, then forcing with the full product $\prod_{n<ω}Add(κ_n,1)$ collapses $2^κ$ into $κ^+$. This result gives a consistent positive answer to a question of Sy Friedman. We also give a new proof of a result due to Shelah by showing that if the sequence carries a scale of length $κ^+,$ then forcing with $\prod_{n<ω}Add(κ_n,1)$ adds a generic filter for $Add(κ^+, 1)$, and indeed \[ \prod_{n<ω}Add(κ_n,1)…
Supercompact extender based forcings are used to construct models with HOD cardinal structure different from those of V. In particular, a model with all regular uncountable cardinals measurable in HOD is constructed.
We prove several consistency results concerning the notion of $ω$-strongly measurable cardinal in HOD. In particular, we show that is it consistent, relative to a large cardinal hypothesis weaker than $o(κ) = κ$, that every successor of a regular cardinal is $ω$-strongly measurable in HOD.
Starting from large cardinals we construct a model of $ZFC$ in which the $GCH$ fails everywhere, but such that $GCH$ holds in its $HOD$. The result answers a question of Sy Friedman. Also, relative to the existence of large cardinals, we produce a model of $ZFC+GCH$ such that $GCH$ fails everywhere in its $HOD$.
Compactness phenomena in HOD and the Optimality of Magidor's Covering theorem
Tel Aviv University(特拉维夫大学);Carnegie Mellon University(卡内基梅隆大学);UC Berkeley(加州大学伯克利分校);Hebrew University of Jerusalem(耶路撒冷希伯来大学);CUNEF Universidad(CUNEF大学);Universität Hamburg(汉堡大学)
We construct a variety of inner models exhibiting features usually obtained by forcing over universes with large cardinals. For example, if there is a supercompact cardinal, then there is an inner model with a Laver indestructible supercompact cardinal. If there is a supercompact cardinal, then there is an inner model with a supercompact cardinal κfor which 2^κ=κ^+, another for which 2^κ=κ^++ and another in which the least strongly compact cardinal is supercompact. If there is a strongly compact cardinal, then there is an inner model with a strongly compact cardinal, for which the measurable c…
Assuming the existence of a certain hod pair with a Woodin cardinal that is a limit of Woodin cardinals, we show that the Chang model satisfies $\mathsf{AD}^+$ in any set generic extensions.
We introduce a category whose objects are stationary set preserving complete boolean algebras and whose arrows are complete homomorphisms with a stationary set preserving quotient. We show that the cut of this category at a rank initial segment of the universe of height a super compact which is a limit of super compact cardinals is a stationary set preserving partial order which forces $MM^{++}$ and collapses its size to become the second uncountable cardinal. Next we argue that any of the known methods to produce a model of $MM^{++}$ collapsing a superhuge cardinal to become the second uncoun…
We describe an obstacle to the analysis of $\mathrm{HOD}^{L[x]}$ as a core model: Assuming sufficient large cardinals, for a Turing cone of reals $x$ there are premice $M,N$ in $\mathrm{HC}^{L[x]}$ such that the pseudo-comparison of $L[M]$ with $L[N]$ succeeds, is computed in $L[x]$, and lasts through $ω_1^{L[x]}$ stages. Moreover, we can take $M=M_1|(δ^+)^{M_1}$ where $M_1$ is the minimal iterable proper class inner model with a Woodin cardinal, and $δ$ is that Woodin. We can take $N$ such that $L[N]$ is $M_1$-like and short-tree-iterable.