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Local mantles of $L[x]$

Logic 2025-05-14 v2

Abstract

Assume ZFC. Let κ\kappa be a cardinal. Recall that a <κ{<\kappa}-ground is a transitive proper class WW modelling ZFC such that VV is a generic extension of WW via a forcing PW\mathbb{P}\in W of cardinality <κ{<\kappa}, and the κ\kappa-mantle is the intersection of all <κ{<\kappa}-grounds. Assume there is a Woodin cardinal and a proper class of measurables, and let xx be a real of sufficiently high Turing degree. Let κ\kappa be a limit cardinal of L[x]L[x] of uncountable cofinality in L[x]L[x]. Using methods from Woodin's analysis of HODL[x,G]\mathrm{HOD}^{L[x,G]}, we analyze the κ\kappa-mantle of L[x]L[x], and show that it models ZFC + GCH + "There is a Woodin cardinal". Moreover, we show that it is a fully iterable strategy mouse (analogous to HODL[x,G]\mathrm{HOD}^{L[x,G]}). We also analyze another form of "local mantle", partly assuming also a weak form of Turing determinacy. We also compute bounds on how much iteration strategy can be added to M1M_1 before M1#M_1^\# is added.

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@article{arxiv.2103.12925,
  title  = {Local mantles of $L[x]$},
  author = {Farmer Schlutzenberg},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:2103.12925},
  year   = {2025}
}

Comments

34 pages. Corrected acknowledgements and updated references