In mathematical set theory, the Laver property holds between two models if they are not "too dissimilar", in the following sense.

For and transitive models of set theory, is said to have the Laver property over if and only if for every function mapping to such that diverges to infinity, and every function mapping to and every function which bounds , there is a tree such that each branch of is bounded by and for every the level of has cardinality at most and is a branch of .[1]

A forcing notion is said to have the Laver property if and only if the forcing extension has the Laver property over the ground model. Examples include Laver forcing.

The concept is named after Richard Laver.

Shelah proved that when proper forcings with the Laver property are iterated using countable supports, the resulting forcing notion will have the Laver property as well.[2][3]

The conjunction of the Laver property and the -bounding property is equivalent to the Sacks property.

References

  1. Shelah, S., Consistently there is no non-trivial ccc forcing notion with the Sacks or Laver property, Combinatorica, vol. 2, pp. 309 -- 319, (2001)
  2. Shelah, S., Proper and Improper Forcing, Springer (1992)
  3. C. Schlindwein, Understanding preservation theorems: Chapter VI of Proper and Improper Forcing, I. Archive for Mathematical Logic, vol. 53, 171–202, Springer, 2014
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