Cohen Forcing with Fra\"iss\'e Classes Beyond $\aleph_1$

Abstract

Kostana [5] asked for natural conditions on a class $\mathcal{K}$ to ensure that forcing with finite members of $\mathcal{K}$ on an underlying set $X$ is forcing equivalent to Cohen forcing. We show that if $\mathcal{K}_{\triangle}$ is the class of finite triangle-free graphs and $|X|\geq\aleph_2$, then $ \mathbb{C}_X(\mathcal{K}_{\triangle}) \not\simeq \mathbb{C}[X]. $ We then use a characterization of Cohen algebras due to Milovich to obtain a positive result. We show that if $\aleph_n\leq|X|$ and $\mathcal{K}$ has $(n+1)$-disjoint amalgamation, then $\mathbb{C}_X(\mathcal{K})$ is Cohen.