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Cardinal preservation by chain-condition forcing

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If κ is a regular cardinal and P has the κ-chain condition, then forcing with P preserves every cardinal number and cofinality at least κ. Indeed, a proposed surjection f:μ→λ with μ<λ has its range contained in ⋃ξ<μ​Bξ​ from the possible-values lemma for chain-condition forcing. The regularity of κ and infinite cardinal arithmetic make this union have cardinality below the ground-model cardinal λ, a contradiction.

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  • Past exam of the mathematics course of the University of Cambridge / 2019 / iii / Paper 121 / 3 / ii / Solution
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