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Every finite ground aleph is countable in the Feferman–Levy model

Statement

For every n<ω, the ground-model ordinal nV is countable in the Feferman–Levy model N.

Facts & Assumptions

Given: The Feferman–Levy system, its generic G, and one fixed n<ω.

[F1]

The Feferman–Levy symmetric collapse system presents layer n as finite partial functions from ω to nV and says that Hn+1 fixes that layer pointwise.

[F2]

Cardinal effects of collapse and Lévy-collapse forcing proves that the generic union of this collapse is a surjection ωnV.

[F3]

Monotonicity, density, and decision for forcing supplies the dense-set reading of totality and surjectivity.

Proof

technique · direct construction from the generic union
1.1

Define fn(i)=α exactly when some pG contains the triple (n,i,α). Functionality follows because two conditions in the filter are compatible and conditions are functional at (n,i). For each i<ω, conditions assigning a value at (n,i) are dense; for each α<nV, conditions putting α at some fresh (n,i) are dense. Therefore genericity, equivalently F2 and F3, makes fn:ωnV.

F2F3construct
2.1

The canonical name for fn uses only Boolean values from layer n. Every member of Hn+1 fixes all layers below n+1, hence fixes this name and its canonical ordinal subnames by F1. It is hereditarily symmetric, so fnN.

F1step 1.1
3.1

The ordinal nV is nonempty. In ZF a surjection f:ωA onto a nonempty set gives an injection Aω by sending a to the least i with f(i)=a; hence A is at most countable. Applying this inside N to fn proves the claim. The construction is for one specified n and does not assert that the sequence fn:n<ω belongs to N.

step 1.1step 2.1

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