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Past exam of the mathematics course of the University of Cambridge 2022 iii Paper 116 2 d Solution by
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WriteIf is a worldly cardinal, then . The existence of this set model proves in the universe. By arithmetic absoluteness for a rank-initial model, the same formal consistency statement holds in . Hence , so proves .
Conversely, suppose proved . The theory proves every axiom of , since a worldly cardinal proves . It would therefore also prove , contrary to the Gödel second incompleteness theorem when is consistent. Thus cannot prove , andThis is the consistency strength of a worldly cardinal comparison.
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