Higher Souslin trees and the GCH, revisited

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Abstract

It is proved that for every uncountable cardinal λ, GCH+□(λ+) entails the existence of a cf(λ)-complete λ+-Souslin tree. In particular, if GCH holds and there are no ℵ2-Souslin trees, then ℵ2is weakly compact in Gödel's constructible universe, improving Gregory's 1976 lower bound. Furthermore, it follows that if GCH holds and there are no ℵ2and ℵ3Souslin trees, then the Axiom of Determinacy holds in L(R).

Original languageEnglish
Pages (from-to)510-531
Number of pages22
JournalAdvances in Mathematics
Volume311
DOIs
StatePublished - 30 Apr 2017

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Funding

This work was partially supported by the Israel Science Foundation (grant #1630/14).

FundersFunder number
Israel Science Foundation1630/14

    Keywords

    • Microscopic approach
    • Souslin tree
    • Square
    • Weakly compact cardinal

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