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A Small Ultrafilter Number at Every Singular Cardinal

Logic 2025-12-10 v2

Abstract

We obtain a small ultrafilter number at ω1\aleph_{\omega_1}. Moreover, we develop a version of the overlapping strong extender forcing with collapses which can keep the top cardinal κ\kappa inaccessible. We apply this forcing to construct a model where κ\kappa is the least inaccessible and VκV_\kappa is a model of GCH at regulars, failures of SCH at singulars, and the ultrafilter numbers at all singulars are small.

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@article{arxiv.2302.07311,
  title  = {A Small Ultrafilter Number at Every Singular Cardinal},
  author = {Tom Benhamou and Sittinon Jirattikansakul},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:2302.07311},
  year   = {2025}
}
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