{ "id": "2008.01225", "version": "v1", "published": "2020-08-03T22:22:31.000Z", "updated": "2020-08-03T22:22:31.000Z", "title": "An Inconsistent Forcing Axiom at $ω_2$", "authors": [ "Stevo Todorčević", "Shihao Xiong" ], "categories": [ "math.LO" ], "abstract": "We show that the forcing axiom for countably compact, $\\omega_2$-Knaster, well-met posets is inconsistent. This is supplemental to an inconsistency result of Shelah and sets a new limit to the generalization of Martin's Axiom to the stage of $\\omega_2$.", "revisions": [ { "version": "v1", "updated": "2020-08-03T22:22:31.000Z" } ], "analyses": { "subjects": [ "03E57", "03E35", "03E05" ], "keywords": [ "inconsistent forcing axiom", "well-met posets", "inconsistency result", "martins axiom", "countably compact" ], "note": { "typesetting": "TeX", "pages": 0, "language": "en", "license": "arXiv", "status": "editable" } } }