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Re: question on set theory
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Jan 2, 2013 2:15 PM
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On 2013-01-02, matmzc%hofstra.edu@gtempaccount.com
<matmzc%hofstra.edu@gtempaccount.com> wrote: > Happy New Year everybody!
> For a set X I will write X < Y to indicate that the cardinality
of X is strictly smaller than the cardinality of Y. Let me write P(X)
for the power set of X. Consider the proposition:
> Prop: If P(X) < P(Y)then X < Y.
> Is it possible to prove this in ZFC (without continuum hypothesis)?
If not is it perhaps the case that the Prop is equivalent to generalized
continuum hypothesis? It is trivial to show that generalized continuum
hypothesis implies the proposition, but what about the other direction?
Yes, and rather easily. With C, we have the trichotomy,
either X < Y, X ~ Y, or X > Y. If not X < Y, P(X) >= P(Y).
> Thanks,
> Mike
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