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Consistency of nonvanishing for all higher derived limits including k = 1

Determine whether it is consistent with ZFC that \lim^k A \neq 0 holds for every integer k with 1 \leq k < \omega, where A denotes the inverse system of abelian groups indexed by ({^{\omega}\omega}, \leq) formed from the sets I_f = {(k,m) \in \omega \times \omega \mid m < f(k)} with groups A_f = \bigoplus_{I_f} \mathbb{Z} and restriction bonding maps.

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Background

Question 2 asks about realizing arbitrary vanishing patterns and, in particular, whether one can have \limn A \neq 0 for all n. The authors construct models where \limk A \neq 0 for all k \geq 2 but also have \lim1 A = 0.

They explicitly state that the \"in particular\" clause—nonvanishing for all k including 1—remains open.

References

"Let $X$ be an arbitrary set of positive integers. Is there a model of $$ in which $\limn {A} = 0$ if and only if $n \in X$? In particular, is the statement \"for all $1 \leq n < \omega$, $\limn {A} \neq 0$" consistent with $$?" "We therefore fall just short of answering the ``in particular" clause of Question 2, which remains open."

Simultaneously nonvanishing higher derived limits (2411.15856 - Casarosa et al., 24 Nov 2024) in Introduction, Question 2 and subsequent paragraph