Convergence of measures in forcing extensions

Abstract

We prove that if $\mathcal{A}$ is a $\sigma$-complete Boolean algebra in a model $V$ of set theory and $\mathbb{P}\in V$ is a proper forcing with the Laver property preserving the ground model reals non-meager, then every pointwise convergent sequence of measures on $\mathcal{A}$ in a $\mathbb{P}$-generic extension $V[G]$ is weakly convergent, i.e. $\mathcal{A}$ has the Vitali--Hahn--Saks property in $V[G]$. This yields a consistent example of a whole class of infinite Boolean algebras with this property and of cardinality strictly smaller than the dominating number $\mathfrak{d}$. We also obtain a new consistent situation in which there exists an Efimov space.