Open class determinacy is preserved by forcing
Abstract
The principle of open class determinacy is preserved by pre-tame class forcing, and after such forcing, every new class well-order is isomorphic to a ground-model class well-order. Similarly, the principle of elementary transfinite recursion for a fixed class well-order is preserved by pre-tame class forcing. The full principle ETR itself is preserved by countably strategically closed pre-tame class forcing, and after such forcing, every new class well-order is isomorphic to a ground-model class well-order. Meanwhile, it remains open whether ETR is preserved by all forcing, including the forcing merely to add a Cohen real.
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Cite
@article{arxiv.1806.11180,
title = {Open class determinacy is preserved by forcing},
author = {Joel David Hamkins and W. Hugh Woodin},
journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:1806.11180},
year = {2018}
}
Comments
14 pages. Questions and commentary can be posted at http://jdh.hamkins.org/open-class-determinacy-preserved-by-forcing