Consistency of the positive terraced cube relation at the first infinite cardinal

Determine whether the positive terraced cube relation \(\left(\begin{smallmatrix}\aleph_2\\\aleph_1\\\aleph_0\end{smallmatrix}\right)\rightarrow\left(\begin{smallmatrix}\aleph_2\\\aleph_1\\\aleph_0\end{smallmatrix}\right)\) is consistent with ZFC.

Background

The paper studies strong cube polarized relations whose three domain cardinals and corresponding monochromatic target cardinals are identical. It proves in ZFC that the λ\lambda-terraced cube relation fails for every uncountable cardinal λ\lambda, but the case λ=0\lambda=\aleph_0 is not settled.

For λ=0\lambda=\aleph_0, the paper notes that a positive relation would require substantial consistency strength, including at least one Woodin cardinal, and that forcing it would require 2032^{\aleph_0}\geq\aleph_3. The remaining consistency question is therefore a specific unresolved issue about the first infinite terraced cube.

References

However, in the framework of \textsf{ZFC} it is not clear whether such a positive relation is consistent, see Question 2.2.

Quadruples and cubes  (2609.11239 - Garti, 10 Sep 2026) in Section 1, Introduction; Section 1, paragraph following Corollary 2.8