Abstract
Our main results are:
Theorem 1. Con(ZFC + “every function f : ω1 → ω1 is dominated by a canonical function”) implies Con(ZFC + “there exists an inaccessible limit of measurable cardinals”). [In fact equiconsistency holds.]
Theorem 3. Con(ZFC + “there exists a non-regular uniform ultrafilter on ω1”) implies Con(ZFC + “there exists an inaccessible stationary limit of measurable cardinals”).
Theorem 5. Con (ZFC + “there exists an ω1-sequence ℱ of ω1-complete uniform filters on ω1 s.t. every A ⊆ ω1 is measurable w.r.t. a filter in ℱ (Ulam property)”) implies Con(ZFC + “there exists an inaccessible stationary limit of measurable cardinals”).
We start with a discussion of the canonical functions and look at some combinatorial principles. Assuming the domination property of Theorem 1, we use the Ketonen diagram to show that ω2V is a limit of measurable cardinals in Jensen’s core model KMO for measures of order zero. Using related arguments we show that ω2V is a stationary limit of measurable cardinals in KMO, if there exists a weakly normal ultrafilter on ω1. The proof yields some other results, e.g., on the consistency strength of weak*-saturated filters on ω1, which are of interest in view of the classical Ulam problem.
Citation
Oliver Deiser. Dieter Donder. "Canonical functions, non-regular ultrafilters and Ulam’s problem on ω1." J. Symbolic Logic 68 (3) 713 - 739, September 2003. https://doi.org/10.2178/jsl/1058448434
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