The L[vec E]-capturing conjecture

Let obreakAD+ obreak\textsf{AD}^+ denote the strengthened axiom of determinacy, and let obreakNLE obreak\textsf{NLE} be the no-long-extender assertion. Let obreakLEC obreak\textsf{LEC} denote L[E]L[\vec E]-capturing: for every Suslin and co-Suslin set of reals, there is a pure extender pair (M,Σ)(\mathcal M,\Sigma) such that the set is first-order definable over (HC,Σ,)(HC,\Sigma,\in). LEC conjecture. Assuming obreakAD++obreakNLE obreak\textsf{AD}^++ obreak\textsf{NLE}, obreakLEC obreak\textsf{LEC} holds. The \text identifies this as a major open problem in descriptive inner model theory and states that obreakLEC obreak\textsf{LEC} implies the corresponding hod-pair capturing principle.

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Grigor Sargsyan, “Generic Generators”, arXiv:2307.00109 (2025).

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