Scott: GCH on a measure-one set below a measurable κ gives 2^κ = κ⁺
OpenSingularCardinals.scottcardinal-arithmeticlarge-cardinalsset-theory
Let be an uncountable cardinal and let be a normal measure on (a nonprincipal, -complete, normal ultrafilter concentrating on the ordinals below ; so is measurable). Suppose GCH holds below on a set of measure one:
Then
Contrapositively, violating GCH at a measurable cardinal requires violating it on a measure-one set below; this is the link between SCH and GCH failures at measurable cardinals described in the source.
Formalization Note For an ordinal , is its cardinality (α.card); the set of cardinals below has measure one for a normal measure, so this agrees with the source's set of cardinals .
Preamble
import Mathlib import Definitions.Def_SingularCardinals_largeCardinals universe u open Cardinal
Formal statement
namespace SingularCardinals
theorem scott (κ : Cardinal.{u}) (hκ : ℵ₀ < κ) (D : Ultrafilter Ordinal.{u})
(hD : IsNormalMeasure κ D)
(hgch : {α : Ordinal.{u} | α < κ.ord ∧ 2 ^ α.card = Order.succ α.card} ∈ D) :
2 ^ κ = Order.succ κ := by sorry
end SingularCardinalsSource
Wikipedia, "Singular cardinals hypothesis", revision oldid=1349753131, https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Singular_cardinals_hypothesis&oldid=1349753131, paragraph beginning "The negation of the singular cardinals hypothesis is intimately related ...": result of Dana Scott.
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