λthereisanelementaryembeddingj:VoMwith{mcp}(j)=δ,j(δ)>λ,andj‘λ\inM(or,equivalently,{}^λM\subseteqM).
Infact,givensuchanembeddingj,wecandefineanormalfineUonP_δ(λ)by
A\inUiffj‘λ\inj(A).
Conversely,givenanormalfineultrafilterUonP_δ(λ),theultrapowerembeddinggeneratedbyUisanexampleofsuchanembeddingj.Moreover,ifU_jistheultrafilteronP_δ(λ)derivedfromjasexplainedabove,thenU_j=U.
AnothercharacterizationofsupercompactnesswasfoundbyMagidor,anditwillplayakeyroleintheselectinthisreformulation,ratherthanthecriticalpoint,δappearsastheimageofthecriticalpointsoftheembeddingsunderconsideration.Thisversionseemsideallydesignedtobeusedasaguideintheconstructionofextendermodelsforsupercompactness,althoughrecentresultssuggestthatthisis,infact,aredherring.
Thekeynotionwewillbestudyingisthefollowing:
Definition.N\subseteqVisaweakextendermodelfor`δissupercompact’iffforallλ>δthereisanormalfineUonP_δ(λ)suchthat:
try{mad1();} catch(ex){}
P_δ(λ)\capN\inU,and
U\capN\inN.
ThisdefinitioncouplesthesupercompactnessofδinNdirectlywithitssupercompactnessinV.Inthemanuscript,thatNisaweakextendermodelfor`δissupercompact’isdenotedbyo^N_{mlong}(δ)=\infty.Notethatthisisaweaknotionindeed,inthatwearenotrequiringthatN=L[\vecE]forsome(long)sequence\vecEofextenders.TheideaistostudybasicpropertiesofNthatfollowfromthisnotion,inthehopesofbetterunderstandinghowsuchanL[\vecE]modelcanactuallybeconstructed.
Forexample,finenessofUalreadyimpliesthatNsatisfiesaversionofcovering:IfA\subseteqλand|A|<δ,thenthereisaB\inP_{δ}(λ)\capNwithA\subseteqB.Butinfactasignificantlystrongerversionofcoveringholds.Toproveit,wefirstneedtorecallaniceresultduetoSolovay,whousedittoshowthat{\sfSCH}holdsaboveasupercompact.
Solovay’sLemma.Letλ>δberegular.ThenthereisasetXwiththepropertythatthefunctionf:a\mapsto\sup(a)isinjectiveonXand,foranynormalfinemeasureUonP_δ(λ),X\inU.
ItfollowsfromSolovay’slemmathatanysuchUisequivalenttoameasureonordinals.
Proof.Let\vec
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