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A perfect tree of mutually generic name interpretations

Statement

Let N=V[Gξ] be a bounded intermediate model in the Solovay collapse, let Q be the interval collapse from ξ to some η<κ, and let pQ and τ˙N be a Q-name for a real. Suppose that

qp yRNqQτ˙=yˇ.

In V[G] there is a perfect binary tree of Q-generics containing p, mutually generic in every pair of distinct branches, whose τ˙-interpretations are pairwise distinct and vary continuously.

Facts & Assumptions

Given: N,Q,p,τ˙ as in the statement and the final collapse extension V[G].

[F1]

The inaccessible Lévy-collapse setup for Solovay's construction, Size and rank bounds below an inaccessible, and Cardinal effects of collapse and Lévy-collapse forcing: N and Q arise from forcing of size below the inaccessible κ. The families P(Q)N and P(Q2)N have ambient cardinal below κ and are countable after the remaining Lévy collapse.

[F2]

Forcing theorem and Monotonicity, density, and decision for forcing: the forcing predicate is definable, and for each fixed bit formula the conditions deciding it are dense. Iterating this density finitely many times gives a dense set of conditions deciding any prescribed finite initial segment of a real name.

[F3]

The Axiom of Choice: ambient AC enumerates dense sets of Q and Q2.

Proof

1.1

The initial forcing producing N and the interval forcing Q both have size below κ. Nice names for subsets of Q and Q2 are coded by subsets of a ground set of size below κ; strong inaccessibility bounds the collection of those codes below κ. The remaining Lévy collapse therefore makes P(Q)N and P(Q2)N countable in V[G], as asserted in F1. Use F3 to enumerate their dense members and replace each by its downward closure. Recursively assign psp for s2<ω. At stage n, extend every node into the first n one-coordinate open dense sets and every ordered pair of distinct nodes into the first n product open dense sets. There are only finitely many requirements at a level: process them successively, strengthening the affected coordinates each time. Downward closure preserves all requirements already met.

F1F3
2.1

Below every qp there are two extensions forcing incompatible initial segments of τ˙. Otherwise, for some q, any two decided strings would be compatible. For each length k, density of deciding conditions then gives one unique string uk2k that can be forced below q; least-string selection makes the sequence (uk) definable in N from q and τ˙. Its union is a real uN, and density closure gives qτ˙=uˇ, contradicting the displayed hypothesis, since qp. Apply this splitting below each node to make siblings ps0,ps1 decide incompatible strings of length at least s+1, preserving all earlier finite requirements.

F2step 1.1
3.1

For z2ω, the filter generated by the branch is gz={qQ:(n) pznq}, the upward closure in the convention that smaller conditions are stronger. It meets every enumerated dense set and so is N-generic. Distinct z,w give an N-generic pair by the product requirements, and the incompatible decisions make τ˙gzτ˙gw. Agreement through level n fixes an output prefix of length n, so zτ˙gz is continuous. Compactness makes its injective image perfect and nonempty.

step 1.1step 2.1

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