Condensation lemma

In set theory, a branch of mathematics, the condensation lemma is a result about sets in the constructible universe.

It states that if X is a transitive set and is an elementary submodel of some level of the constructible hierarchy Lα, that is, , then in fact there is some ordinal such that .

More can be said: If X is not transitive, then its transitive collapse is equal to some , and the hypothesis of elementarity can be weakened to elementarity only for formulas which are in the Lévy hierarchy. Also, the assumption that X be transitive automatically holds when .

The lemma was formulated and proved by Kurt Gödel in his proof that the axiom of constructibility implies GCH.

References

  • Devlin, Keith (1984). Constructibility. Springer. ISBN 3-540-13258-9. (theorem II.5.2 and lemma II.5.10)


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