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Finite-set homogeneity for a normal measure
Statement
Let be a normal measure on . For each , let
have range of cardinality less than . There is one such that every is constant on .
Facts & Assumptions
Given: ZFC, a normal measure on the uncountable cardinal , and the displayed family of colourings. We replace each codomain by the actual range and identify it with some ordinal .
Complete ultrafilters and measurable cardinals: A normal measure is a nonprincipal -complete ultrafilter; in particular it is closed under intersections of fewer than measure-one sets.
Measurability, normal measures and elementary embeddings: A normal measure is closed under diagonal intersections of -sequences of measure-one sets.
The Axiom of Choice: Every family of nonempty sets has a choice function; this is used for the simultaneous choices of homogeneous sets in the induction and for the sequence indexed by .
Proof
First fix a colouring , where . If , its singleton domain makes it constant. If and no colour class belongs to , the complement of every colour class belongs to . Their intersection belongs to by -completeness, but it is empty, a contradiction. Thus some measure-one set is homogeneous in the unary case. Notice also that every tail is in : intersect the complements of its fewer than singleton points.
Induct on . Assume the result for and consider . For every , extend the tail colouring from to all of by assigning one fixed value of off the tail. Apply the induction hypothesis to this total extension, obtaining a homogeneous , and put . Its restriction to the tail is the original colouring, so is homogeneous for that colouring; call its constant value . Using Choice, make these selections simultaneously. The diagonal intersection belongs to .
Apply the unary case to and take on which it has constant value . Put . If lie in , then for every , by the definition of . Consequently . This proves the fixed-arity claim for every finite .
For every , use the fixed-arity claim to choose on which is constant. Since , countable completeness gives . Restricting a constant colouring remains constant, so this works for every , including . Choice selects the family at each induction stage and the countable family ; the filter calculations after those selections are choice-free. [F1, F3, step 3.1, discharge-induction]
Depends on
Used by
- The Prikry property Theorem
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Sources
- Karagila, Forcing lecture notes, Section 9.2, Lemma 9.12 (standard reference, not scraped)