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Sigma-one-three measurability makes omega-one inaccessible in L

Statement

Assume ZF+Countable Choice and boldface Σ31 measurability. Then the ambient ω1 is an inaccessible cardinal in L.

Facts & Assumptions

Given: Countable Choice and the hypothesis that every Σ31(x) set of reals is Lebesgue measurable for every real x.

[F1]

Boldface Sigma-one-three measurability: the pointclass Σ31(x), the inclusion of Σ21(x) in Σ31(x) by a dummy real quantifier, and the definition of boldface measurability.

[F2]

Failure of inaccessibility in L produces a real with correct omega-one: failure of inaccessibility of the ambient ω1 in L yields a real x with ω1L[x]=ω1.

[F3]

A measurable null-code order bounds the constructible null union: the null-code order A(x) is Σ21(x), and its measurability makes the union of the constructible null Borel sets null.

[F4]

Uniform null-code measurability makes the Raisonnier filter rapid: under Countable Choice, ω1L[x]=ω1 and measurability of A(xr) for every real r, the filter F(x) is rapid.

[F5]

The Raisonnier family is a Sigma-one-three filter: F(x) is a Σ31(x) subset of the reals.

[F6]

Rapid filters are not Lebesgue measurable: rapid filters are not Lebesgue measurable.

[F7]

The Axiom of Countable Choice (ACω): the ambient choice hypothesis.

Proof

1.1

Assume, for contradiction, that the ambient ω1 is not an inaccessible cardinal of L, and let x be a real with ω1L[x]=ω1, as supplied by [F2].

assume-contraF2
2.1

For every real r, the null-code order A(xr) is Σ21(xr) by [F3]. By [F1] it is Σ31(xr), so the boldface measurability hypothesis makes A(xr) measurable. Thus the uniform hypothesis of [F4] holds, not merely its instance at r=0.

F1F3step 1.1
3.1

By [F4], applied with Countable Choice [F7], ω1L[x]=ω1 and the uniform conclusion of step 2.1, the Raisonnier filter F(x) is rapid.

F4F7step 2.1
4.1

By [F5] the filter F(x) is a Σ31(x) set of reals, and by [F6] it is not Lebesgue measurable. This contradicts the hypothesis that every Σ31(x) set is measurable.

F5F6step 3.1
5.1

The contradiction in step 4.1 refutes the assumption of step 1.1, so the ambient ω1 is inaccessible in L.

discharge-contradictionstep 4.1

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