Past exam of the mathematics course of the University of Cambridge 2013 iii Paper 19 6 iii a Solution Created 2026-10-03 Updated 2026-10-07
Let force that is a diamond sequence. For each , construct in the familyThis family is countable in : choose a witnessing condition for each distinct value; different values require incompatible conditions, and the forcing is CCC It is not being asserted that every generic value of is a ground subset. Only values forced equal to a ground subset enter .
For any ground and ground club set , the CCC preserves and remains a club set. Since forces diamond, some strengthening forces for an ordinal , deciding the ordinal witness if necessary. Thus . The ground set of such meets every ground club set and is stationary in .
Consequently witnesses the countable-family diamond assertion in . By the fully proved countable-family diamond equivalence, with and its stationary index set, it follows thatThus CCC forcing cannot create diamond.