Abstract

We extend Solovay’s theorem about definable subsets of the Baire space to the generalized Baire spaceλλ, whereλis an uncountable cardinal withλ<λ= λ. In the first main theorem, we show that the perfect set property for all subsets ofλλthat are definable from elements ofλOrd is consistent relative to the existence of an inaccessible cardinal aboveλ. In the second main theorem, we introduce a Banach–Mazur type game of lengthλand show that the determinacy of this game, for all subsets ofλλthat are definable from elements ofλOrd as winning conditions, is consistent relative to the existence of an inaccessible cardinal aboveλ. We further obtain some related results about definable functions onλλand consequences of resurrection axioms for definable subsets ofλλ.