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Finite reflection along constructible levels
Statement
In ZF, for each fixed finite family of membership formulas and ordinal , there is a nonzero limit such that, for every and tuple from , iff . This is a scheme for fixed formulas; it does not assume that satisfies ZF.
Facts & Assumptions
Given: ZF; fixed finite formula family. The general-class clause of published reflection is applicable before L models ZF; its full proof was read and its limit-stage and choice-free witness-bound construction checked.
Transitivity, growth, ordinals and rank in L: The L levels are increasing transitive sets, continuous at nonzero limits; their definable union is the nonempty class L.
Montague–Lévy reflection for a finite formula family: General definable-class reflection applies without assuming internal ZF in W; its proof produces beta as a strictly increasing omega-sequence supremum.
Proof
Use and . The recursive definition supplies uniform definability, the limit definition supplies continuity, and F1 supplies monotonicity and nonemptiness. Every element of belongs to a level by definition. These are precisely the general-class hypotheses of F2.
Apply the construction in F2 to the finite subformula closure of , starting above and above zero. It bounds the least witness stages for tuples in each set level using ambient Replacement, iterates that definable bound through omega, and takes the supremum . Strict increase makes a nonzero limit. Each finite tuple lies in a stage of this sequence, so every true existential in the closed family has a witness before ; the witness criterion in F2 gives agreement in both directions. All these are ambient ZF operations, and no internal Replacement or satisfaction predicate for the whole class L is presumed.
Depends on
Used by
- Replacement in L Theorem
- Separation in the constructible universe Theorem
Dependency tree · two levels
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Sources
- Geschke Lemma 5.3 and proof of Theorem 5.7 pp14–15; published finite-reflection general clause (standard reference, not scraped)