Solution

ID: past-exam-of-the-mathematics-course-of-the-university-of-cambridge/2014/iii/paper-19/5/iv/a/solution

All cardinalities in this part are first computed in . The forcing has size . A family of finite domains has a -sized Delta-system, since is regular. There are fewer than possible value assignments on its finite root: each coordinate allows fewer than values. Regularity lets us thin to two conditions, indeed many, with identical root assignments. Their union is a condition, proving the -chain condition.
Consequently every maximal forcing antichain has cardinality less than , but there is no one compulsory cardinality. For any nonzero cardinal , the single-coordinate conditions assigning the values at form an forcing antichain of size . It is maximal: a condition already assigning that coordinate is compatible with its matching value, and a condition not assigning it is compatible with every allowed value. Thus every such size occurs, including singleton maximal forcing antichains. These are the maximal-antichain sizes in the finite Lévy collapse.
The paper writes for . We use this printed weaker-first convention: extends and is stronger. Compatibility and generic meeting arguments below always refer to common extensions, so do not accidentally reverse the convention.

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