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Past exam of the mathematics course of the University of Cambridge 2017 iii Paper 121 4 iv Solution by
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Put and let . Conditions from Fn forcing agree on common coordinates because is directed, so is a function. For each , the ground-model setis dense: add a value at that coordinate if necessary. The generic filter meets all these sets, making total.
For distinct , the ground-model setis dense. Choose fresh for both rows of a finite condition and assign and there. Genericity therefore makes the rows pairwise different. The generic coordinate reals for finite-function forcing are , and in the generic extensionThe family is a set in , for example by collecting the ground-model names and evaluating the corresponding name for their indexed family. This argument only needs as the specified ground-model ordinal; it does not silently assume a cardinal preservation by chain-condition forcing result.
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