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Forcing is not monotone toward weaker conditions

Statement refuted

If p⊩φ and p is stronger than r, then r⊩φ.

Facts & Assumptions

Given: Work in ZF with three distinct conditions P={1,p,q}, ordered reflexively with p≤1 and q≤1, and no other comparisons. The two atoms p and q are incompatible.

[F1]

Atomic forcing relation defines forced membership by a dense set of coefficient/equality witnesses.

[F2]

Monotonicity, density, and decision for forcing proves the correctly oriented persistence to stronger conditions.

[F3]

Check names without a largest condition gives G˙={⟨1ˇ,1⟩,⟨pˇ,p⟩,⟨qˇ,q⟩}.

[F4]

Atomic forcing of check names computes equality of check names: it is forced exactly for equal ground sets.

Counterexample

1.1F1F3F4

For the formula pˇ∈G˙, a membership witness r in F1 must lie below one of the three displayed coefficients and force check p equal to that coefficient's check name. By F4, the entries with coefficients 1 and q cannot qualify. The entry with coefficient p qualifies exactly when r≤p. Since p is an atom, the full witness set is therefore precisely {p}.

2.1F1step 1.1

This witness set is dense below p: the only condition below p is p itself. It is not dense below 1: q is below 1 and its only refinement is q, which is not p. Thus p⊩pˇ∈G˙ and 1⊮pˇ∈G˙, despite p≤1. The proposed persistence to weaker conditions is false.

3.1F2step 2.1∎

F2 gives exactly the valid direction: if a condition forces a formula, every stronger condition does. The calculation uses neither the existence of a generic nor AC, and it distinguishes failure to force at 1 from forcing the negation at 1. In fact 1 cannot force that negation, since its extension p forces the formula.

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