Abstract: | We show how the use of a Laver function in the proof of the consistency, relative to the existence of a supercompact cardinal, of both the Proper Forcing Axiom and the Semiproper Forcing Axiom can be eliminated via the use of lottery sums of the appropriate partial orderings. (© 2005 WILEY‐VCH Verlag GmbH & Co. KGaA, Weinheim) |