Laver-generically large cardinal and the Continuum Problem
Let us call a class \calP of posets iterable, if, for any \poP∈\calP and \calP-name
\utpoQ\vspace{-0.5\smallskipamount} \st\ \forces\poP\utpoQ∈\calP, we have
\poP∗\utpoQ∈\calP.
For an iterable class P of posets, a cardinal μ is called {\it Laver-generically
supercompact for P}, if, for any P∈P and λ∈\On,
there is a \poP-name \utpoQ\vspace{-0.5\smallskipamount} with \forces\poP\utpoQ∈\calP \st, letting
\poQ=\poP∗\utpoQ,
there are j, M⊆\uniV[\genH] for (\uniV,Q)-generic
\genH such that\\
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\assert{1} \elembedjVM,\smallskip
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\assert{2} crit(j)=μ, j(μ)>λ,\smallskip
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\assert{3} \cardof\poQ≤j(μ),\smallskip
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\assert{4} \poP, \genH∈M and \smallskip
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\assert{5} j\imageofλ∈M.\\\\
The notion of Laver-generically superhugeness is obtained when \assert{5} is replaced by\\
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\assert{5'} j\imageofj(μ)∈M.
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The notion of Laver-generically large cardinal for \calP given here is stronger than the one
introduced in \cite{II} and is called there the {\it strongly} and {\it tightly}
Laver-generically large cardinal (the strongness corresponds the usage of two-step
iteration in the definition instead of just \poP\circleq\poQ, and the tightness the
condition \assert{3}).
In my talk, I will give a proof of the following:\quad
For many natural iterable class of proper posets P, a
Laver-generically supercompact cardinal μ for \poP is either ℵ2 or very large (if it
exists),
and the continuum is either ℵ1 or ℵ2, or ≥μ in case of very large
μ, where it depends on P which senario we have.
If time allows, I will also sketch a proof of the following theorem:\quad
If P is the class of c.c.c.\ posets (or some other iterable class \calP of posets preserving all
cardinalities but adding some real), and if μ is Laver-generically superhuge for P, then
μ=2ℵ0.
At the moment, it is open if the same theorem holds for a Laver-generically supercompact
cardinal.
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\bibitem{II} S.F., Andr\'e Ottenbreit Maschio Rodrigues and Hiroshi Sakai, Strong
downward L\"owenheim-Skolem theorems for stationary logics, II --- \\reflection down to
the continuum, to appear in Archive for Mathematical Logic (202?).\quad
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