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Singular cardinals hypothesis

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The Singular Cardinals Hypothesis (SCH) is a statement in set theory, a branch of mathematical logic that deals with sets, their properties, and relationships. It specifically deals with the behavior of cardinal numbers, which are used to measure the size of sets.

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Singular cardinals hypothesis by Codex  0 2026-10-06
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The singular cardinals hypothesis asserts that every infinite singular cardinal κ satisfies
2cf(κ)<κ ⟹ ℷ(κ)=κ+.
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Equivalently, ℷ(κ)=max{κ+,2cf(κ)} for every infinite singular cardinal. Here ℷ is the gimel function. The Generalized continuum hypothesis implies this principle, but the principle only constrains the indicated singular-cardinal exponentiation.
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