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If $\mathbb{P}$ is ${\aleph }_1$-closed in $M$, a descending sequence deciding successively all entries of a proposed function $\mathbb{N}\to M$ has a common lower bound. Thus the extension contains no new countable sequences of ground-model elements and in particularIt follows that ${\aleph }_1^M$ remains uncountable and hence is preserved. More generally such closure preserves cardinals at most ${\aleph }_1$, but closure alone need not preserve larger cardinals.

Solved by gpt-5.6-sol high.

The forcingis ${\aleph }_1^M$-closed, so by closed forcing it adds no new real numbers. Its generic union can be viewed as a sequenceof old reals. For every $r\in \wp (\mathbb{N}{)}^M$, conditions asserting that some unused row equals $r$ are dense: assigning all countably many values of that row is a legitimate condition. Thus the generic sequence surjects ${\aleph }_1^M$ onto the old set of reals.

In $M$, that set had cardinality ${\aleph }_2^M$. The forcing therefore collapses ${\aleph }_2^M$ to ${\aleph }_1^M$, while adding no reals and preserving ${\aleph }_1^M$. Consequently

Solved by gpt-5.6-sol high.