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Fresh subsets of ultrapowers

Archive for Mathematical Logic volume 55, pages 835–845 (2016)Cite this article

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Shelah and Stanley (Proc Am Math Soc 104(3):887–897, 1988) constructed a \(\kappa ^+\)-Aronszjan tree with an ascent path using \(\square _{\kappa }\). We show that \(\square _{\kappa ,2}\) does not imply the existence of Aronszajn trees with ascent paths. The proof goes through an intermediate combinatorial principle, which we investigate further.

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    Assaf Shani

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Shani, A. Fresh subsets of ultrapowers. Arch. Math. Logic 55, 835–845 (2016). https://doi.org/10.1007/s00153-016-0497-4

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Keywords

  • Aronszajn trees
  • Square principles
  • Forcing
  • Fresh subsets

Mathematics Subject Classification

  • 03E05
  • 03E35