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Past exam of the mathematics course of the University of Cambridge 2014 iii Paper 19 3 i b Solution by
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Martin's axiom at , denoted , says that whenever a forcing order satisfies the countable chain condition for forcing and is a family of dense subsets, there is a filter in an ordered set meeting every . Equivalently, allow any family of at most dense subsets. The filter in an ordered set is directed towards stronger common extensions and closed towards weaker conditions. Full Martin's axiom requires for every . The bound below the continuum is part of the usual full axiom, explaining its role in part (iv)(b).
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