John Krueger: The Weak Reflection Principle Versus the Reflection Principle

Week 1, Monday June 15, 14:10-15:00



The Weak Reflection Principle for omega_2 is the statement that for every stationary subset S of P_{omega_1}(omega_2), there is an uncountable ordinal alpha in omega_2 such that S cap P_{omega_1}(alpha) is stationary in P_{omega_1}(alpha).
The Reflection Principle for omega_2 is the statement that for every stationary subset S of P_{omega_1}(omega_2), there is an ordinal alpha in omega_2 with cofinality omega_1 such that S cap P_{omega_1}(alpha) is stationary in P_{omega_1}(alpha).
A long outstanding problem in set theory has been the question whether the Weak Reflection Principle for omega_2 implies the Reflection Principle for omega_2. In this talk I will discuss my recent solution to this problem.