Optimality of Woodin's equiconsistency theorem for ordinal-definable games

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An ordinal definable game of length ω1\omega_1 on natural numbers with real parameters is a game in which the payoff and defining data are ordinal definable, with real parameters allowed. A game ending at ω1\omega_1 in LL of the play is one whose play terminates at the first ordinal uncountable in the constructible universe relative to the preceding play. Optimality conjecture. If all ordinal definable games of length ω1\omega_1 on natural numbers with real parameters are determined, then there is a model of ZFC{\mathsf{ZFC}} with a Woodin cardinal that is a limit of Woodin cardinals. This asserts that the large-cardinal strength supplied by Woodin's equiconsistency theorem is also necessary, while the converse equiconsistency direction is known from the cited theorem; the reverse consistency-strength implication remains open.

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Sandra Müller, “Determinacy and Large Cardinals”, arXiv:2302.02248 (2023).

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