A Poset has the -chain condition (-c.c.) if any Strong Antichain in has size

If we call this the countable chain condition (c.c.c.).

Theorem

Let be a Transitive Model of , with a cardinal in and a Forcing Partial Order such that

Suppose we have a Model Extension and such that

for some . Then there is a function such that with

Proof

Let . Then

for the Canonical Names and . By definition then some has

Now define

Clearly . Let . Now for some so some has . As is a Filter, we find and so so . For each , consider

Using Axiom of Choice in , pick with Finally, write

We can check that is an Strong Antichain: let for some and assume . Then and so . But because has -chain condition in we conclude

But the function is an injection from to thus

Corollary

If is a Regular Cardinal in and

then the Model Extension has:

Proof

Suppose not, so find with surjective. By above theorem, find with and

We conclude

But then is a union of many sets of size , so cannot be Regular Cardinal.