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Past exam of the axiomatic set theory course of the University of Oxford 2011 1 b Solution by
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Fix . Since is a limit ordinal, choose with . Transitivity gives . Every subset therefore belongs to , and consequentlyThe last inclusion uses , since a finite number of successor steps remains below a limit ordinal. In particular every subset of is also an element of the transitive set .
Take . For any , transitivity ensures that the internal statement agrees with the external one. HenceSuch a exists for every , so satisfies the Axiom of power set. This power-set axiom at limit ranks actually holds for every nonzero limit ordinal; the stated restriction is sufficient.
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