Dependent choice, properness, and generic absoluteness

We show that Dependent Choice is a sufficient choice principle for developing the basic theory of proper forcing, and for deriving generic absoluteness for the Chang model in the presence of large cardinals, even with respect to -preserving symmetric submodels of forcing extensions. Hence, not only provides the right framework for developing classical analysis, but is also the right base theory over which to safeguard truth in analysis from the independence phenomenon in the presence of large cardinals. We also investigate some basic consequences of the Proper Forcing Axiom in, and formulate a natural question about the generic absoluteness of the Proper Forcing Axiom in and. Our results confirm as a natural foundation for a significant portion of classical mathematics and provide support to the idea of this theory being also a natural foundation for a large part of set theory

Few new reals

We introduce a new method for building models of CH, together with $\Pi_2$ statements over $H(\omega_2)$, by forcing over a model of CH. Unlike similar constructions in the literature, our construction adds new reals, but only $\aleph_1$-many of them. Using this approach, we prove that a very strong form of the negation of Club Guessing at $\omega_1$ known as Measuring is consistent together with CH, thereby answering a well-known question of Moore. The construction works over any model of ZFC + CH and can be described as a finite support forcing construction with finite systems of countable models with markers as side conditions and with strong symmetry constraints on both side conditions and working parts

The consistency of a club-guessing failure at the successor of a regular cardinal

I answer a question of Shelah by showing that if \k is a regular cardinal such that 2^{{<}\k}=\k, then there is a {<}\k--closed partial order preserving cofinalities and forcing that for every club--sequence \la C_\d\mid \d\in \k^+\cap\cf(\k)\ra with \ot(C_\d)=\k for all \d there is a club D\sub\k^+ such that \{\a<\k\mid \{C_\d(\a+1), C_\d(\a+2)\}\sub D\} is bounded for every \d. This forcing is built as an iteration with {<}\k--supports and with symmetric systems of submodels as side conditions

A Generalization of Martin's Axiom

We define the $\aleph_{1.5}$ chain condition. The corresponding forcing axiom is a generalization of Martin's Axiom and implies certain uniform failures of club--guessing on $\omega_1$ that don't seem to have been considered in the literature before.Comment: 36 page

Separating club-guessing principles in the presence of fat forcing axioms

We separate various weak forms of Club Guessing at $\omega_1$ in the presence of $2^{\aleph_0}$ large, Martin's Axiom, and related forcing axioms. We also answer a question of Abraham and Cummings concerning the consistency of the failure of a certain polychromatic Ramsey statement together with the continuum large. All these models are generic extensions via finite support iterations with symmetric systems of structures as side conditions, possibly enhanced with $\omega$-sequences of predicates, and in which the iterands are taken from a relatively small class of forcing notions. We also prove that the natural forcing for adding a large symmetric system of structures (the first member in all our iterations) adds $\aleph_1$-many reals but preserves CH

Combinatorial Properties and Dependent choice in symmetric extensions based on L\'{e}vy Collapse

We work with symmetric extensions based on L\'{e}vy Collapse and extend a few results of Arthur Apter. We prove a conjecture of Ioanna Dimitriou from her P.h.d. thesis. We also observe that if $V$ is a model of ZFC, then $DC_{<\kappa}$ can be preserved in the symmetric extension of $V$ in terms of symmetric system $\langle \mathbb{P},\mathcal{G},\mathcal{F}\rangle$, if $\mathbb{P}$ is $\kappa$-distributive and $\mathcal{F}$ is $\kappa$-complete. Further we observe that if $V$ is a model of ZF + $DC_{\kappa}$, then $DC_{<\kappa}$ can be preserved in the symmetric extension of $V$ in terms of symmetric system $\langle \mathbb{P},\mathcal{G},\mathcal{F}\rangle$, if $\mathbb{P}$ is $\kappa$-strategically closed and $\mathcal{F}$ is $\kappa$-complete.Comment: Revised versio