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ExampleConstruction: AI-adaptedVerification: AI-generatedPipeline-generatedjudge pass (gpt-5.6-terra)audited 2026-09-12
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Def(omega) is countable while P(omega) is not

Example

In ZF, Def⁡(ω) has a surjective enumeration by ω, but no sequence lists every subset of ω. Consequently Def⁡(ω)≠P(ω).

Facts & Assumptions

Given: ZF. Explicit triangular pairing and length-coded finite tuples enumerate Def(omega); a calculated diagonal subset differs from every enumerated value at its own index.

[F1]

Definable subsets of a membership structure: Every Def subset of omega is decoded from a membership-formula code and a finite tuple of naturals.

Verification

1.1F1construct

Encode pairs of naturals by π(a,b)=(a+b)(a+b+1)/2+b. For a given s, the values with a+b=s are the consecutive integers from s(s+1)/2 to s(s+1)/2+s, so these disjoint intervals cover omega and pi is a bijection. Number the membership-language symbols by naturals (the variables are vi, and the remaining logical and punctuation symbols form a fixed finite list); encode a finite symbol string by pairing its length with its nested symbol code ending in 0. Restricting this partial decoding to well-formed formulas and pairing each with its finite allowed arity gives a natural-number formula/arity code. Encode a finite tuple of naturals by the same length-and-nested-pair construction, then pair it with the formula/arity code. For each natural k decode a valid formula/tuple pair if possible and output its defined subset; otherwise output empty. Replacement gives a sequence E:ω→Def⁡(ω), and F1 makes it surjective.

2.1F1step 1.1∎

Given any sequence S:ω→P(ω), Separation forms D={n∈ω:n∉S(n)}. For each k, membership of k in D is the opposite of its membership in S(k), so D≠S(k). Thus S is not surjective. Applied to E from step 1.1, D is not in Def(omega), although it is a subset of omega. This uses a defining formula in V, not necessarily a definition over the structure (ω,∈), so there is no contradiction with the definition of Def.

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