We consider the modality “
is true in every
-centered forcing extension,” denoted
, and its dual “
is true in some
-centered forcing extension,” denoted
(where
is a statement in set theory), which give rise to the notion of a principle of
-centered forcing. We prove that if ZFC is consistent, then the modal logic of
-centered forcing, i.e., the ZFC-provable principles of
-centered forcing, is exactly
. We also generalize this result to other related classes of forcing.
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