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Uncountable transitive set model has uncountable ordinal height

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Let M be a transitive set model of ZFC. If Ord∩M were countable, then every x∈M would be countable: the internal axiom of choice supplies a bijection from x to an ordinal of M, which is externally countable. For every α∈Ord∩M, the internal rank VαM​ is an element of M and hence countable. The Axiom schema of replacement inside M gives M=⋃α∈Ord∩M​VαM​, a countable union of countable sets. Thus every uncountable transitive set model has uncountably many ordinals.

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  • Past exam of the mathematics course of the University of Cambridge / 2019 / iii / Paper 121 / 1 / iii / Solution

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