For an arbitrary forcing class Γ, the Γ-fragment of Todorčević's strong reflection principle SRP is isolated in such a way that (1) the forcing axiom for Γ implies the Γ-fragment of SRP, (2) the stationary set preserving fragment of SRP is the full principle SRP, and (3) the subcomplete fragment of SRP implies the major consequences of the subcomplete forcing axiom. Along the way, some hitherto unknown effects of (the subcomplete fragment of) SRP on mutual stationarity are explored, and some limitations to the extent to which fragments of SRP may capture the effects of their corresponding forcing axioms are established.
Contents1. Introduction 1 2. Γ-projective stationarity and the Γ-fragment of SRP 3 2.1. Some background and motivation for SRP 3 2.2. Relativizing to a forcing class 6 2.3. The subcomplete fragment of SRP 7 3. Consequences 13 3.1. Barwise theory and a technical lemma 13 3.2. Friedman's problem, the failure of square, and SCH 21 3.3. Mutual stationarity 26 4. Limitations and separations 31 4.1. The general setting 31 4.2. The CH setting: a less canonical separation 35 4.3. The CH setting: a canonical separation at ω 2 37 5. Questions 46 References 47