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Limit points of an unbounded set form a club

Statement

In ZFC, if cf(θ)>ω and Xθ is unbounded, then accθ(X) is club.

Facts & Assumptions

[F1]

Closure points form a club: A nondecreasing self-map of an ordinal of uncountable cofinality has club many closure points.

Proof

Given: The objects and hypotheses in the statement.

1.1

Define f(β)=min{xX:x>β}. This exists by unboundedness, is nondecreasing, and satisfies f(β)>β. Its closure points form a club. A nonzero closure point cannot be a successor γ+1, since f(γ)γ+1; and for every β<δ a nonzero closure point has β<f(β)<δ. Thus it is in acc(X). Conversely each nonzero limit point of X is closed under f.

F1
2.1

Removing zero from the closure-point club preserves unboundedness and closure at nonzero limits. Equivalently, closure of acc follows directly: below a limit of limit points, first choose a limit point above a given bound, then a point of X above that bound. Hence acc is club with exactly the stipulated nonzero-limit convention.

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