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Past exam of the mathematics course of the University of Cambridge 2021 ii Paper 4 16G Solution by
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Axiom of foundation says every nonempty set contains with . Define , , and (including if that convention is desired). Replacement and union form this set, and it is transitive; induction shows every transitive set containing contains it.
The principle of membership induction says that if for every , then holds for every set. Otherwise Foundation applied to the set of counterexamples in a suitable transitive closure gives a minimal counterexample.
Apply induction to . If it holds for all , then extensionality and preservation plus surjectivity give iff for some , iff . Hence .
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