Kelley-Morse set theory does not prove the class Fodor principle

Victoria Gitman, Joel David Hamkins, Asaf Karagila

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    Abstract

    We show that Kelley-Morse KM set theory does not prove the class Fodor principle, the assertion that every regressive class function F : S → Ord defined on a stationary class S is constant on a stationary subclass. Indeed, for every ω ≤ λ ≤ Ord, it is relatively consistent with KM that there is a class function F : Ord → λ that is not constant on any stationary class, and moreover λ is the least ordinal for which such a counterexample function exists. As a corollary of this result, it is consistent with KM that there is a class A ⊆ ω × Ord such that each section An = {α| (n,α) ∈ A} contains a class club, but nAn is empty. Consequently, it is relatively consistent with KM that the class club filter is not σ-closed.

    Original languageEnglish
    Pages (from-to)133-154
    Number of pages22
    JournalFundamenta Mathematicae
    Volume254
    Issue number2
    Early online date18 Feb 2021
    DOIs
    Publication statusPublished - 8 Apr 2021

    Keywords

    • Class forcing
    • Fodor's lemma
    • Kelley-Morse set theory

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