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Suslin-tree obstruction to Martin's axiom

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A well-pruned set-theoretic tree that is an Aronszajn tree and a Suslin tree gives a forcing with the countable chain condition for forcing: stronger nodes extend weaker ones. The ω1​ dense subsets of a forcing order of nodes at or above each level cannot all be met by a filter in an ordered set, since that would produce a cofinal branch. Thus MAℵ1​​ fails. When the continuum exceeds ℵ1​, full Martin axiom includes this instance.

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  • Past exam of the mathematics course of the University of Cambridge / 2014 / iii / Paper 19 / 3 / iv / b / Solution

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