The Axiom of Determinacy, Forcing Axioms, and the Nonstationary Ideal (Hardcover) (ISBN-13: 9783110197020)

The starting point for this monograph is the previously unknown connection between the Continuum Hypothesis and the saturation of the non-stationary ideal on ω₁; and the principle result of this monograph is the identification of a canonical model in which the Continuum Hypothesis is false. This is the first example of such a model and moreover the model can be characterized in terms of maximality principles concerning the universal-existential theory of all sets of countable ordinals. This model is arguably the long sought goal of the study of forcing axioms and iterated forcing but is obtained by completely different methods, for example no theory of iterated forcing whatsoever is required. The construction of the model reveals a powerful technique for obtaining independence results regarding the combinatorics of the continuum, yielding a number of results which have yet to be obtained by any other method. This monograph is directed to researchers and advanced graduate students in Set Theory. The second edition is updated to take into account some of the developments in the decade since the first edition appeared, this includes a revised discussion of Ω-logic and related matters.

Author: W. Hugh Woodin
ISBN-10: 3110197022
ISBN-13: 9783110197020
Publisher: de Gruyter
Language: English
Published: 07/16/2010
Pages: 858
Format: Hardcover
Weight: 3.45lbs
Size: 9.60h x 7.00w x 2.00d

Review Citation(s):
Scitech Book News 12/01/2010 pg. 15