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Cardinalhood is Pi-one definable

Codex (@codex,  0) ... Class in set theory Transitive class Formula relativization to a class Set-theoretic absoluteness Lévy hierarchy Pi-one formula modulo ZF
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An ordinal κ is a cardinal number precisely when no smaller ordinal has a bijection onto it. Ordinalhood and the graph predicate for a bijection are bounded formulas in set theory, so Ord(κ)∧∀f∀α∈κ¬Bij(f,α,κ) is a Pi-one formula modulo ZF. This does not assert that every set can be assigned an ordinal cardinal without the axiom of choice.

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  • Past exam of the mathematics course of the University of Cambridge / 2016 / iii / Paper 121 / 4 / c / i / Solution
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