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Power-set failure in hereditarily small sets (Hω2​​⊨PowerSet)

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The hereditarily small set structure Hω2​​ fails the Axiom of power set at ω1​. Every subset of ω1​ belongs to Hω2​​, but their full power set has cardinality at least ℵ2​ by the Cantor theorem, so cannot itself be hereditarily smaller than ℵ2​.

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

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