Formula-inaccessible cardinals and a characterization of all natural models of Zermelo-Fraenkel set theory

E. I. Bunina, Valeriy K. Zakharov

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Abstract

E. Zermelo (1930) and J. C. Sheperdson (1952) proved that a cumulative set Vα is a standard model of von Neumann-Bernays-Gödel set theory if and only if α = א + 1 for some inaccessible cardinal number א. The problem of a canonical form for all natural models of ZF theory turned out to be more complicated. Since the notion of a model of ZF theory cannot be defined by a finite set of formulae, we introduce a new notion of (strongly) formula-inaccessible cardinal number θ using a schema of formulae and its relativization on the set Vθ, and prove a formula-analogue of the Zermelo-Sheperdson theorem giving a canonical form for all natural models of ZF theory.

Original languageEnglish
Pages (from-to)219-245
Number of pages27
JournalIzvestiya Mathematics
Volume71
Issue number2
DOIs
StatePublished - Apr 2007
Externally publishedYes

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