If transitive models of enough set theory contain the same , then they agree on whether is a strongly inaccessible cardinal. They have the same subsets and functions on every ordinal below , so they agree on cardinality, regularity, and the strong limit cardinal property.
A weakly inaccessible cardinal is an uncountable regular cardinal that is a limit cardinal. It need not be a strong limit cardinal. Under the Generalized continuum hypothesis, it is a strongly inaccessible cardinal, since every smaller infinite satisfies .
Worldly cardinal 2026-09-28
A cardinal is worldly when . Every strongly inaccessible cardinal is worldly, but worldly cardinals can be singular.
Below any uncountable strongly inaccessible cardinal , the worldly cardinals contain a closed unbounded subset of and hence have cardinality . The structure models ZFC. Reflect each finite group from an enumeration of all first-order formulas to a closed unbounded subset of , using and regularity for the witness bounds. The countable intersection remains closed unbounded, so its ranks are elementary substructures of . Intersect with the closed unbounded subset of infinite cardinal numbers below . Uncountability is essential: the regular strong limit has no worldly cardinal below it.