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  • Literature-sourced: the exact statement appears in a cited source; only wording and notation differ.
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For every set x there is exactly one set whose elements are precisely the subsets of x

Statement

For every set x there is exactly one set p such that, for every z, z∈p holds if and only if z⊆x.

Facts & Assumptions

Given: a set x.

[L1]

For every set x there is a set y that contains every z all of whose elements belong to x (The Axiom of Power Set: ∀x ∃y ∀z (∀t (t∈z→t∈x)→z∈y)).

[L2]

For any parameters pˉ and any set x, there is a set y whose elements are exactly the elements z of x for which φ(z,pˉ) holds (The Axiom Schema of Separation: for each formula φ, ∀pˉ ∀x ∃y ∀z (z∈y↔(z∈x∧φ(z,pˉ)))).

[L4]

If every z satisfies z∈x if and only if z∈y, then x=y (The Axiom of Extensionality: ∀x ∀y (∀z (z∈x↔z∈y)→x=y)).

Proof

technique · direct
1.1

Power Set supplies a set y that contains every z all of whose elements belong to x; by the meaning of inclusion, y contains every z with z⊆x.

L1L3
2.1

Apply Separation to y with the formula φ(z,x):=∀t (t∈z→t∈x) and the parameter x: the set p:={ z∈y:z⊆x } exists, and for every z, z∈p holds if and only if z∈y and z⊆x.

L2L3step 1.1
3.1

If z⊆x then z∈y by step 1.1, so the condition "z∈y and z⊆x" reduces to z⊆x; hence z∈p holds if and only if z⊆x, which proves existence.

step 1.1step 2.1
4.1

If p′ also satisfies "z∈p′ if and only if z⊆x" for every z, then z∈p holds if and only if z∈p′ for every z, so p=p′; existence and uniqueness together give the statement.

L4step 3.1∎

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