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ID: past-exam-of-the-analytic-topology-and-axiomatic-set-theory-course-of-the-university-of-oxford/2008/b/5/iii/solution
Past exam of the analytic topology and axiomatic set theory course of the University of Oxford 2008 B 5 iii Solution by
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Fix a logical formula with parameters in , and a set . Suppose satisfies that each has a unique with . Relativize every unbounded quantifier in to the definable class in set theory , obtaining an ambient first-order formula .
Transitivity of ensures that every member of belongs to . The ambient relationtherefore defines a unique ambient set for every . Apply ambient replacement to obtain its range set . By construction every element of belongs to , so part (ii) gives .
Membership in this set is exactly the range relation required by replacement inside the structure . Since the logical formula and parameters were arbitrary, every instance of the replacement scheme holds in the hierarchy class in set theory. The proof uses formula relativization to a class and the closure property from part (ii), not the unsupported assertion that is the whole ambient universe.
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