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The Ostaszewski square, and homogenous Souslin trees

Logic 2011-05-17 v1

Abstract

Assume GCH and let λ\lambda denote an uncountable cardinal. We prove that if λ\square_\lambda holds, then this may be witnessed by a coherent sequence <Cαα<λ+>< C_\alpha | \alpha < \lambda^+ > with the following remarkable guessing property: For every sequence <Aii<λ>< A_i | i<\lambda > of unbounded subsets of λ+\lambda^+, and every limit θ<λ\theta<\lambda, there exists some α<λ+\alpha<\lambda^+ such that \otp(Cα)=θ\otp(C_\alpha)=\theta, and the (i+1)th(i+1)_{th}-element of CαC_\alpha is a member of AiA_i, for all i<θi<\theta. As an application, we construct an homogenous λ+\lambda^+-Souslin tree from GCH+λGCH+\square_\lambda, for every singular cardinal λ\lambda. In addition, as a by-product, a theorem of Farah and Velickovic, and a theorem of Abraham, Shelah and Solovay are generalized to cover the case of successors of regulars.

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@article{arxiv.1105.2944,
  title  = {The Ostaszewski square, and homogenous Souslin trees},
  author = {Assaf Rinot},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:1105.2944},
  year   = {2011}
}

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