Forcing closed unbounded subsets of \(\omega_2\) (Q5946046)

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Forcing closed unbounded subsets of \(\omega_2\)
scientific article; zbMATH DE number 1658152

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    Forcing closed unbounded subsets of \(\omega_2\) (English)
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    14 July 2002
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    The author shows that there is no satisfactory first-order characterization of subsets of \(\omega_2\) that have closed unbounded subsets in \(\omega_1\) and \(\omega_2\) and GCH-preserving outermodels. The author shows that this ``anti-characterization'' result extends to subsets of successors of regular uncountable cardinals. Similar results are proved for trees of height and cardinality \(\kappa^+\) and partions of \([\kappa^+]^2.\)
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    stationary set
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    closed unbounded set
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    tree
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    partition
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    forcing
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    class forcing
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    morass
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    coding the universe
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