The axiom of determinacy, forcing axioms, and the nonstationary ideal / W. Hugh Woodin.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Woodin, W. H. (W. Hugh)

Series:

De Gruyter series in logic and its applications ; 1.

De Gruyter series in logic and its applications, 1438-1893 ; 1

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Forcing (Model theory).

Model theory.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (858 p.)

Edition:

2nd rev. ed.

Place of Publication:

Berlin ; New York : De Gruyter, c2010.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

The starting point for this monograph is the previously unknown connection between the Continuum Hypothesis and the saturation of the non-stationary ideal on ω1; and the principle result of this monograph is the identification of a canonical model in which the Continuum Hypothesis is false. This is the first example of such a model and moreover the model can be characterized in terms of maximality principles concerning the universal-existential theory of all sets of countable ordinals. This model is arguably the long sought goal of the study of forcing axioms and iterated forcing but is obtained by completely different methods, for example no theory of iterated forcing whatsoever is required. The construction of the model reveals a powerful technique for obtaining independence results regarding the combinatorics of the continuum, yielding a number of results which have yet to be obtained by any other method. This monograph is directed to researchers and advanced graduate students in Set Theory. The second edition is updated to take into account some of the developments in the decade since the first edition appeared, this includes a revised discussion of Ω-logic and related matters.

Contents:

Frontmatter

Contents

1 Introduction

2 Preliminaries

3 The nonstationary ideal

4 The ℙmax-extension

5 Applications

6 ℙmax variations

7 Conditional variations

8 ♣ principles for ω 1

9 Extensions of L(Γ, ℝ)

10 Further results

11 Questions

Backmatter

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

9786612722875

9781282722873

1282722875

9783110213171

3110213176

OCLC:

659500679