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In [[mathematics]], in [[set theory]], the '''constructible universe''' (or '''Gödel's constructible universe'''), denoted '''L''', is a particular [[Class (set theory)|class]] of [[Set (mathematics)|sets]] which can be described entirely in terms of simpler sets. It was introduced by [[Kurt Gödel]] in his 1938 paper "The Consistency of the Axiom of Choice and of the Generalized Continuum-Hypothesis".<ref>Gödel, 1938</ref> In this, he proved that the constructible universe is an [[inner model]] of [[Zermelo–Fraenkel set theory|ZF]] set theory, and also that the [[axiom of choice]] and the [[Continuum hypothesis#The_generalized_continuum_hypothesis|generalized continuum hypothesis]] are true in the constructible universe. This shows that both propositions are [[consistent]] with the basic [[axiom]]s of set theory, if ZF itself is consistent. Since many other theorems only hold in systems in which one or both of the propositions is true, their consistency is an important result.


==What is L?==
L can be thought of as being built in "stages" resembling the [[von Neumann universe]], V. The stages are indexed by [[ordinal number|ordinals]]. In von Neumann's universe, at a [[successor ordinal|successor]] stage, one takes V<sub>α+1</sub> to be the set of ''all'' subsets of the previous stage, V<sub>α</sub>. By contrast, in Gödel's constructible universe L, one uses ''only'' those subsets of the previous stage that are:


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*definable by a [[Formula (mathematical logic)|formula]] in the [[formal language]] of set theory
*with [[parameters]] from the previous stage and
*with the [[quantification|quantifiers]] interpreted to range over the previous stage.
 
By limiting oneself to sets defined only in terms of what has already been constructed, one ensures that the resulting sets will be constructed in a way that is independent of the peculiarities of the surrounding model of set theory and contained in any such model.
 
Define
 
:<math>
\text{Def}(X) := \Bigl\{ \{ y \mid y \in X \text{ and } (X,\in) \models \Phi(y,z_1,\ldots,z_n) \} ~ \Big| ~ \Phi \text{ is a first-order formula and } z_{1},\ldots,z_{n} \in X \Bigr\}.
</math>
 
L is defined by [[transfinite recursion]] as follows:
* <math> L_{0} := \varnothing. </math>
* <math> L_{\alpha + 1} := \text{Def}(L_\alpha). </math>
* If <math> \lambda </math> is a [[limit ordinal]], then <math> L_{\lambda} := \bigcup_{\alpha < \lambda} L_{\alpha}. </math>
* <math> L := \bigcup_{\alpha \in \text{On}} L_{\alpha}. </math>
 
If z is an element of L<sub>α</sub>, then z = {y | y ∈ L<sub>α</sub> and y ∈ z} ∈ Def (L<sub>α</sub>) = L<sub>α+1</sub>. So L<sub>α</sub> is a subset of L<sub>α+1</sub> which is a subset of the [[power set]] of L<sub>α</sub>. Consequently, this is a tower of nested [[transitive set]]s. But L itself is a [[Class (set theory)|proper class]].
 
The elements of L are called "constructible" sets; and L itself is the "constructible universe". The "[[axiom of constructibility]]", aka "V=L", says that every set (of V) is constructible, i.e. in L.
 
==Additional facts about the sets L<sub>α</sub>==
An equivalent definition for L<sub>α</sub> is:
::For any ordinal α, <math>L_{\alpha} = \bigcup_{\beta < \alpha} \operatorname{Def} (L_{\beta}) \! </math>.
 
For any finite ordinal n, the sets  L<sub>n</sub> and V<sub>n</sub>  are the same (whether V equals L or not), and thus L<sub>ω</sub> = V<sub>ω</sub>: their elements are exactly the [[hereditarily finite set]]s.  Equality beyond this point does not hold. Even in models of [[Zermelo–Fraenkel set theory|ZFC]] in which V equals L, L<sub>ω+1</sub> is a proper subset of V<sub>ω+1</sub>, and thereafter L<sub>α+1</sub> is a proper subset of the power set of L<sub>α</sub> for all α &gt; ω. On the other hand, V equals L does imply that V<sub>α</sub> equals L<sub>α</sub> if α = ω<sub>α</sub>, for example if α is inaccessible. More generally, V equals L implies [[Hereditarily countable set|H<sub>α</sub>]] equals L<sub>α</sub> for all infinite cardinals α.
 
If α is an infinite ordinal then there is a bijection between L<sub>α</sub> and α, and the bijection is constructible. So these sets are [[equinumerous]] in any model of set theory which includes them.
 
As defined above, Def(''X'') is the set of subsets of ''X'' defined by Δ<sub>0</sub> formulas (that is, formulas of set theory which contain only [[bounded quantifiers]]) which use as parameters only ''X'' and its elements.
 
An alternate definition, due to Gödel, characterizes each L<sub>α+1</sub> as the intersection of the power set of L<sub>α</sub> with the closure of <math>L_\alpha\cup\{L_\alpha\}</math> under a collection of nine explicit functions.  This definition makes no reference to definability.
 
All [[arithmetical hierarchy|arithmetical]] subsets of ω and relations on ω belong to L<sub>ω+1</sub> (because the arithmetic definition gives one in L<sub>ω+1</sub>).  Conversely, any subset of ω belonging to L<sub>ω+1</sub> is arithmetical (because elements of L<sub>ω</sub> can be coded by natural numbers in such a way that ∈ is definable, i.e., arithmetic).  On the other hand, L<sub>ω+2</sub> already contains certain non-arithmetical subsets of ω, such as the set of (natural numbers coding) true arithmetical statements (this can be defined from L<sub>ω+1</sub> so it is in L<sub>ω+2</sub>).
 
All [[hyperarithmetical hierarchy|hyperarithmetical]] subsets of ω and relations on ω belong to <math>L_{\omega_1^{\mathrm{CK}}}</math> (where <math>\omega_1^{\mathrm{CK}}</math> stands for the [[Church-Kleene ordinal]]), and conversely any subset of ω which belongs to <math>L_{\omega_1^{\mathrm{CK}}}</math> is hyperarithmetical.<ref>Barwise 1975, page 60 (comment following proof of theorem 5.9)</ref>
 
== L is a standard inner model of ZFC ==
L is a standard model, i.e. it is a [[transitive class]] and it uses the real element relationship, so it is [[Well-founded relation|well-founded]]. L is an inner model, i.e. it contains all the ordinal numbers of V and it has no "extra" sets beyond those in V, but it might be a proper subclass of V. L is a model of [[Zermelo–Fraenkel set theory|ZFC]], which means that it satisfies the following [[axiom]]s:
* [[Axiom of regularity]]: Every non-empty set x contains some element y such that x and y are disjoint sets.
:(L,∈) is a substructure of (V,∈) which is well founded, so L is well founded. In particular, if x∈L, then by the transitivity of L, y∈L. If we use this same y as in V, then it is still disjoint from x because we are using the same element relation and no new sets were added.
* [[Axiom of extensionality]]: Two sets are the same if and only if they have the same elements.
:If x and y are in L and they have the same elements in L, then by L's transitivity, they have the same elements (in V). So they are equal (in V and thus in L).
* [[Axiom of empty set]]: {} is a set.
:{} = L<sub>0</sub> = {y | y∈L<sub>0</sub> and y=y} ∈ L<sub>1</sub>. So {} ∈ L. Since the element relation is the same and no new elements were added, this is the empty set of L.
* [[Axiom of pairing]]: If x, y are sets, then {x,y} is a set.
:If x∈L and y∈L, then there is some ordinal α such that x∈L<sub>α</sub> and y∈L<sub>α</sub>. Then {x,y} = {s | s∈L<sub>α</sub> and (s=x or s=y)} ∈ L<sub>α+1</sub>. Thus {x,y} ∈ L and it has the same meaning for L as for V.
* [[Axiom of union]]: For any set x there is a set y whose elements are precisely the elements of the elements of x.
:If x ∈ L<sub>α</sub>, then its elements are in L<sub>α</sub> and their elements are also in L<sub>α</sub>. So y is a subset of L<sub>α</sub>. y = {s | s∈L<sub>α</sub> and there exists z∈x such that s∈z} ∈ L<sub>α+1</sub>. Thus y ∈ L.
* [[Axiom of infinity]]: There exists a set x such that {} is in x and whenever y is in x, so is the union y U {y}.
:From [[transfinite induction]], we get that each ordinal α ∈ L<sub>α+1</sub>. In particular, ω ∈ L<sub>ω+1</sub> and thus ω ∈ L.
* [[Axiom of separation]]: Given any set S and any proposition P(x,z<sub>1</sub>,...,z<sub>n</sub>), {x|x∈S and P(x,z<sub>1</sub>,...,z<sub>n</sub>)} is a set.
:By induction on subformulas of P, one can show that there is an α such that L<sub>α</sub> contains S and z<sub>1</sub>,...,z<sub>n</sub> and (P is true in L<sub>α</sub> if and only if P is true in L (this is called the "[[reflection principle]]")). So {x | x∈S and P(x,z<sub>1</sub>,...,z<sub>n</sub>) holds in L} = {x | x∈L<sub>α</sub> and x∈S and P(x,z<sub>1</sub>,...,z<sub>n</sub>) holds in L<sub>α</sub>} ∈ L<sub>α+1</sub>. Thus the subset is in L.
* [[Axiom of replacement]]: Given any set S and any mapping (formally defined as a proposition P(x,y) where P(x,y) and P(x,z) implies y = z), {y | there exists x∈S such that P(x,y)} is a set.
:Let Q(x,y) be the formula which relativizes P to L, i.e. all quantifiers in P are restricted to L. Q is a much more complex formula than P, but it is still a finite formula, and since P was a mapping over L, Q must be a mapping over V; thus we can apply replacement in V to Q. So {y | y∈L and there exists x∈S such that P(x,y) holds in L} = {y | there exists x∈S such that Q(x,y)} is a set in V and a subclass of L. Again using the axiom of replacement in V, we can show that there must be an α such that this set is a subset of L<sub>α</sub> ∈ L<sub>α+1</sub>. Then one can use the axiom of separation in L to finish showing that it is an element of L.
* [[Axiom of power set]]: For any set x there exists a set y, such that the elements of y are precisely the subsets of x.
:In general, some subsets of a set in L will not be in L. So the whole power set of a set in L will usually not be in L. What we need here is to show that the intersection of the power set with L ''is'' in L. Use replacement in V to show that there is an α such that the intersection is a subset of L<sub>α</sub>. Then the intersection is {z | z∈L<sub>α</sub> and z is a subset of x} ∈ L<sub>α+1</sub>. Thus the required set is in L.
* [[Axiom of choice]]: Given a set x of mutually disjoint nonempty sets, there is a set y (a choice set for x) containing exactly one element from each member of x.
:One can show that there is a definable well-ordering of L which definition works the same way in L itself. So one chooses the least element of each member of x to form y using the axioms of union and separation in L.
 
Notice that the proof that L is a model of ZFC only requires that V be a model of ZF, i.e. we do NOT assume that the axiom of choice holds in V.
 
== L is absolute and minimal ==
If W is any standard model of ZF sharing the same ordinals as V, then the L defined in W is the same as the L defined in V. In particular, L<sub>α</sub> is the same in W and V, for any ordinal α. And the same formulas and parameters in Def (L<sub>α</sub>) produce the same constructible sets in L<sub>α+1</sub>.
 
Furthermore, since L is a subclass of V and, similarly, L is a subclass of W, L is the smallest class containing all the ordinals which is a standard model of ZF. Indeed, L is the intersection of all such classes.
 
If there is a ''set'' W in V which is a [[inner model|standard model]] of ZF, and the ordinal κ is the set of ordinals which occur in W, then L<sub>κ</sub> is the L of W. If there is a set which is a standard model of ZF, then the smallest such set is such a L<sub>κ</sub>. This set is called the '''[[minimal model (set theory)|minimal model]]''' of ZFC. Using the downward [[Löwenheim–Skolem theorem]], one can show that the minimal model (if it exists) is a countable set.
 
Of course, any consistent theory must have a model, so even within the minimal model of set theory there are sets which are models of ZF (assuming ZF is consistent). However, those set models are non-standard. In particular, they do not use the normal element relation and they are not well founded.
 
Because both the L of L and the V of L are the real L and both the L of L<sub>κ</sub> and the V of L<sub>κ</sub> are the real L<sub>κ</sub>, we get that V=L is true in L and in any L<sub>κ</sub> which is a model of ZF. However, V=L does not hold in any other standard model of ZF.
 
=== L and large cardinals ===
Since On⊂L⊆V, properties of ordinals which depend on the absence of a function or other structure (i.e. Π<sub>1</sub><sup>ZF</sup> formulas) are preserved when going down from V to L. Hence [[initial ordinal]]s of cardinals remain initial in L. [[Regular ordinal]]s remain regular in L. Weak [[limit cardinal]]s become strong limit cardinals in L because the [[generalized continuum hypothesis]] holds in L. Weakly [[inaccessible cardinal]]s become strongly inaccessible. Weakly [[Mahlo cardinal]]s become strongly Mahlo. And more generally, any [[large cardinal]] property weaker than [[Zero sharp|0<sup>#</sup>]] (see the [[list of large cardinal properties]]) will be retained in L.
 
However, 0<sup>#</sup> is false in L even if true in V. So all the large cardinals whose existence implies 0<sup>#</sup> cease to have those large cardinal properties, but retain the properties weaker than 0<sup>#</sup> which they also possess. For example, [[measurable cardinal]]s cease to be measurable but remain Mahlo in L.
 
Interestingly, if 0<sup>#</sup> holds in V, then there is a [[Club set|closed unbounded class]] of ordinals which are [[indiscernible]] in L. While some of these are not even initial ordinals in V, they have all the large cardinal properties weaker than 0<sup>#</sup> in L. Furthermore, any strictly increasing class function from the class of [[indiscernibles]] to itself can be extended in a unique way to an [[elementary embedding]] of L into L. This gives L a nice structure of repeating segments.
 
== L can be well-ordered ==
There are various ways of well-ordering L. Some of these involve the "fine structure" of L which was first described by Ronald Bjorn Jensen in his 1972 paper entitled "The fine structure of the constructible hierarchy". Instead of explaining the fine structure, we will give an outline of how L could be well-ordered using only the definition given above.
 
Suppose x and y are two different sets in L and we wish to determine whether x<y or x>y. If x first appears in L<sub>α+1</sub> and y first appears in L<sub>β+1</sub> and β is different from α, then let x<y if and only if α<β. Henceforth, we suppose that β=α.
 
Remember that L<sub>α+1</sub> = Def (L<sub>α</sub>) which uses formulas with parameters from L<sub>α</sub> to define the sets x and y. If one discounts (for the moment) the parameters, the formulas can be given a standard [[Gödel numbering]] by the natural numbers. If Φ is the formula with the smallest Gödel number which can be used to define x, and Ψ is the formula with the smallest Gödel number which can be used to define y, and Ψ is different from Φ, then let x<y if and only if Φ<Ψ in the Gödel numbering. Henceforth, we suppose that Ψ=Φ.
 
Suppose that Φ uses n parameters from L<sub>α</sub>. Suppose z<sub>1</sub>,...,z<sub>n</sub> is the sequence of parameters which can be used with Φ to define x, and w<sub>1</sub>,...,w<sub>n</sub> does the same for y. Then let x<y if and only if either z<sub>n</sub><w<sub>n</sub> or (z<sub>n</sub>=w<sub>n</sub> and z<sub>n-1</sub><w<sub>n-1</sub>) or (z<sub>n</sub>=w<sub>n</sub> and z<sub>n-1</sub>=w<sub>n-1</sub> and z<sub>n-2</sub><w<sub>n-2</sub>) or etc.. This is called the reverse-[[lexicographic ordering]]; if there are multiple sequences of parameters that define one of the sets, we choose the least one under this ordering. It being understood that each parameter's possible values are ordered according to the restriction of the ordering of L to L<sub>α</sub>, so this definition involves transfinite recursion on α.
 
The well-ordering of the values of single parameters is provided by the inductive hypothesis of the transfinite induction. The values of n-tuples of parameters are well-ordered by the product ordering. The formulas with parameters are well-ordered by the ordered sum (by Gödel numbers) of well-orderings. And L is well-ordered by the ordered sum (indexed by α) of the orderings on L<sub>α+1</sub>.
 
Notice that this well-ordering can be defined within L itself by a formula of set theory with no parameters, only the free-variables x and y. And this formula gives the same [[truth value]] regardless of whether it is evaluated in L, V, or W (some other standard model of ZF with the same ordinals) and we will suppose that the formula is false if either x or y is not in L.
 
It is well known that the axiom of choice is equivalent to the ability to well-order every set. Being able to well-order the proper class V (as we have done here with L) is equivalent to the [[axiom of global choice]] which is more powerful than the ordinary [[axiom of choice]] because it also covers proper classes of non-empty sets.
 
==L has a reflection principle==
Proving that the [[axiom of separation]], [[axiom of replacement]], and [[axiom of choice]] hold in L requires (at least as shown above) the use of a [[reflection principle]] for L. Here we describe such a principle.
 
By mathematical induction on n<ω, we can use ZF in V to prove that for any ordinal α, there is an ordinal β>α such that for any sentence P(z<sub>1</sub>,...,z<sub>k</sub>) with z<sub>1</sub>,...,z<sub>k</sub> in L<sub>β</sub> and containing fewer than n symbols (counting a constant symbol for an element of L<sub>β</sub> as one symbol) we get that P(z<sub>1</sub>,...,z<sub>k</sub>) holds in L<sub>β</sub> if and only if it holds in L.
 
== The generalized continuum hypothesis holds in L ==
Let <math>S \in L_\alpha </math>, and let ''T'' be any constructible subset of ''S''. Then there is some β with <math>T \in L_{\beta+1}</math>, so <math>T = \{x \in L_\beta : x \in S \wedge \Phi(x, z_i)\} = \{x \in S : \Phi(x, z_i)\} </math>, for some formula Φ and some <math>z_i</math> drawn from <math>L_\beta</math>. By the downward [[Löwenheim–Skolem theorem]], there must be some transitive set ''K'' containing <math>L_\alpha</math> and some <math>w_i</math>, and having the same first-order theory as <math>L_\beta</math> with the <math>w_i</math> substituted for the <math>z_i</math>; and this ''K'' will have the same cardinal as <math>L_\alpha</math>. Since <math> V = L </math> is true in <math>L_\beta</math>, it is also true in ''K'', so <math>K = L_\gamma</math> for some γ having the same cardinal as α. And <math>T = \{x \in L_\beta : x \in S \wedge \Phi(x, z_i)\} = \{x \in L_\gamma : x \in S \wedge \Phi(x, w_i)\} </math> because <math>L_\beta</math> and <math>L_\gamma</math> have the same theory. So ''T'' is in fact in <math>L_{\gamma+1}</math>.
 
So all the constructible subsets of an infinite set ''S'' have ranks with (at most) the same cardinal κ as the rank of ''S''; it follows that if α is the initial ordinal for κ<sup>+</sup>, then <math>L \cap \mathcal{P}(S) \subseteq L_{\alpha+ 1}</math> serves as the "powerset" of ''S'' within ''L''. And this in turn means that the "power set" of ''S'' has cardinal at most ||α||. Assuming ''S'' itself has cardinal κ, the "power set" must then have cardinal exactly κ<sup>+</sup>. But this is precisely the [[generalized continuum hypothesis]] relativized to ''L''.
 
== Constructible sets are definable from the ordinals ==
There is a formula of set theory which expresses the idea that X=L<sub>α</sub>. It has only free variables for X and α. Using this we can expand the definition of each constructible set. If s∈L<sub>α+1</sub>, then s = {y|y∈L<sub>α</sub> and Φ(y,z<sub>1</sub>,...,z<sub>n</sub>) holds in (L<sub>α</sub>,∈)} for some formula Φ and some z<sub>1</sub>,...,z<sub>n</sub> in L<sub>α</sub>. This is equivalent to saying that: for all y, y∈s if and only if [there exists X such that X=L<sub>α</sub> and y∈X and Ψ(X,y,z<sub>1</sub>,...,z<sub>n</sub>)] where Ψ(X,...) is the result of restricting each quantifier in
Φ(...) to X. Notice that each z<sub>k</sub>∈L<sub>β+1</sub> for some β<α. Combine formulas for the z's with the formula for s and apply existential quantifiers over the z's outside and one gets a formula which defines the constructible set s using only the ordinals α which appear in expressions like X=L<sub>α</sub> as parameters.
 
Example: The set {5,ω} is constructible. It is the unique set, s, which satisfies the formula:<br>
<math>\forall y (y \in s \iff (y \in L_{\omega+1} \and (\forall a (a \in y \iff a \in L_5 \and Ord (a)) \or \forall b (b \in y \iff b \in L_{\omega} \and Ord (b)))))</math>,<br>
where <math>Ord (a)</math> is short for:<br>
<math>\forall c \in a (\forall d \in c (d \in a \and \forall e \in d (e \in c))).</math><br>
Actually, even this complex formula has been simplified from what the instructions given in the first paragraph would yield. But the point remains, there is a formula of set theory which is true only for the desired constructible set s and which contains parameters only for ordinals.
 
==Relative constructibility==
Sometimes it is desirable to find a model of set theory which is narrow like L, but which includes or is influenced by a set which is not constructible. This gives rise to the concept of relative constructibility, of which there are two flavors, denoted L(A) and L[A].
 
The class L(A) for a non-constructible set A is the intersection of all classes which are standard models of set theory and contain A and all the ordinals.
 
L(A) is defined by [[transfinite recursion]] as follows:
*L<sub>0</sub>(A) = the smallest transitive set containing A as an element, i.e. the [[Transitive closure (set)|transitive closure]] of {A}.
*L<sub>α+1</sub>(A) = Def (L<sub>α</sub>(A))
*If λ is a limit ordinal, then <math>L_{\lambda}(A) = \bigcup_{\alpha < \lambda} L_{\alpha}(A) \! </math>.
*<math>L(A) = \bigcup_{\alpha} L_{\alpha}(A) \! </math>.
 
If L(A) contains a well-ordering of the transitive closure of {A}, then this can be extended to a well-ordering of L(A). Otherwise, the axiom of choice will fail in L(A).
 
A common example is L('''R'''), the smallest model which contains all the real numbers, which is used extensively in modern [[descriptive set theory]].
 
The class L[A] is the class of sets whose construction is influenced by A, where A may be a (presumably non-constructible) set or a proper class. The definition of this class uses Def<sub>A</sub> (X), which is the same as Def (X) except instead of evaluating the truth of formulas Φ in the model (X,∈), one uses the model (X,∈,A) where A is a unary predicate. The intended interpretation of A(y) is y∈A. Then the definition of L[A] is exactly that of L only with Def replaced by Def<sub>A</sub>.
 
L[A] is always a model of the axiom of choice. Even if A is a set, A is not necessarily itself a member of L[A], although it always is if A is a set of ordinals.
 
It is essential to remember that the sets in L(A) or L[A] are usually not actually constructible and that the properties of these models may be quite different from the properties of L itself.
 
== See also ==
* [[Axiom of constructibility]]
* [[Statements true in L]]
* [[Reflection principle]]
* [[Axiomatic set theory]]
* [[Transitive set]]
* [[L(R)]]
* [[Ordinal definable]]
 
== Notes ==
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== References ==
* {{cite book| last=Barwise |first=Jon |title=Admissible Sets and Structures |year=1975 |location=Berlin |publisher=Springer-Verlag |isbn = 0-387-07451-1}}
* {{cite book| last = Devlin | first = Keith J. | title = Constructibility |year = 1984 | location = Berlin | publisher = Springer-Verlag | isbn = 0-387-13258-9}}
*{{Cite book|last=Felgner|first=Ulrich|authorlink=Ulrich Felgner|year=1971|month=|title=Models of ZF-Set Theory|series=Lecture Notes in Mathematics|publisher=Springer-Verlag|isbn=3-540-05591-6}}
*{{cite journal
  | doi = 10.1073/pnas.24.12.556
  | last = Gödel | first = Kurt
  | title = The Consistency of the Axiom of Choice and of the Generalized Continuum-Hypothesis
  | journal = Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America
  | volume = 24
  | issue = 12
  | year = 1938
| pages = 556–557
  | publisher = National Academy of Sciences
  | pmid = 16577857
  | pmc = 1077160
| jstor=87239}}
*{{Cite book|mr=0002514
|last=Gödel|first=Kurt
|title=The Consistency of the Continuum Hypothesis
|series=Annals of Mathematics Studies|volume=3|publisher= Princeton University Press|place= Princeton, N. J.|year= 1940
|url=http://press.princeton.edu/titles/1034.html|isbn=978-0-691-07927-1}}
*{{Cite book|last=Jech|first=Thomas|authorlink=Thomas Jech|year=2002|title=Set Theory|edition=3rd millennium|series=Springer Monographs in Mathematics|publisher=Springer|isbn=3-540-44085-2}}
 
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my page - www.hostgator1centcoupon.info In mathematics, in set theory, the constructible universe (or Gödel's constructible universe), denoted L, is a particular class of sets which can be described entirely in terms of simpler sets. It was introduced by Kurt Gödel in his 1938 paper "The Consistency of the Axiom of Choice and of the Generalized Continuum-Hypothesis".[1] In this, he proved that the constructible universe is an inner model of ZF set theory, and also that the axiom of choice and the generalized continuum hypothesis are true in the constructible universe. This shows that both propositions are consistent with the basic axioms of set theory, if ZF itself is consistent. Since many other theorems only hold in systems in which one or both of the propositions is true, their consistency is an important result.

What is L?

L can be thought of as being built in "stages" resembling the von Neumann universe, V. The stages are indexed by ordinals. In von Neumann's universe, at a successor stage, one takes Vα+1 to be the set of all subsets of the previous stage, Vα. By contrast, in Gödel's constructible universe L, one uses only those subsets of the previous stage that are:

By limiting oneself to sets defined only in terms of what has already been constructed, one ensures that the resulting sets will be constructed in a way that is independent of the peculiarities of the surrounding model of set theory and contained in any such model.

Define

Def(X):={{yyX and (X,)Φ(y,z1,,zn)}|Φ is a first-order formula and z1,,znX}.

L is defined by transfinite recursion as follows:

If z is an element of Lα, then z = {y | y ∈ Lα and y ∈ z} ∈ Def (Lα) = Lα+1. So Lα is a subset of Lα+1 which is a subset of the power set of Lα. Consequently, this is a tower of nested transitive sets. But L itself is a proper class.

The elements of L are called "constructible" sets; and L itself is the "constructible universe". The "axiom of constructibility", aka "V=L", says that every set (of V) is constructible, i.e. in L.

Additional facts about the sets Lα

An equivalent definition for Lα is:

For any ordinal α, Lα=β<αDef(Lβ).

For any finite ordinal n, the sets Ln and Vn are the same (whether V equals L or not), and thus Lω = Vω: their elements are exactly the hereditarily finite sets. Equality beyond this point does not hold. Even in models of ZFC in which V equals L, Lω+1 is a proper subset of Vω+1, and thereafter Lα+1 is a proper subset of the power set of Lα for all α > ω. On the other hand, V equals L does imply that Vα equals Lα if α = ωα, for example if α is inaccessible. More generally, V equals L implies Hα equals Lα for all infinite cardinals α.

If α is an infinite ordinal then there is a bijection between Lα and α, and the bijection is constructible. So these sets are equinumerous in any model of set theory which includes them.

As defined above, Def(X) is the set of subsets of X defined by Δ0 formulas (that is, formulas of set theory which contain only bounded quantifiers) which use as parameters only X and its elements.

An alternate definition, due to Gödel, characterizes each Lα+1 as the intersection of the power set of Lα with the closure of Lα{Lα} under a collection of nine explicit functions. This definition makes no reference to definability.

All arithmetical subsets of ω and relations on ω belong to Lω+1 (because the arithmetic definition gives one in Lω+1). Conversely, any subset of ω belonging to Lω+1 is arithmetical (because elements of Lω can be coded by natural numbers in such a way that ∈ is definable, i.e., arithmetic). On the other hand, Lω+2 already contains certain non-arithmetical subsets of ω, such as the set of (natural numbers coding) true arithmetical statements (this can be defined from Lω+1 so it is in Lω+2).

All hyperarithmetical subsets of ω and relations on ω belong to Lω1CK (where ω1CK stands for the Church-Kleene ordinal), and conversely any subset of ω which belongs to Lω1CK is hyperarithmetical.[2]

L is a standard inner model of ZFC

L is a standard model, i.e. it is a transitive class and it uses the real element relationship, so it is well-founded. L is an inner model, i.e. it contains all the ordinal numbers of V and it has no "extra" sets beyond those in V, but it might be a proper subclass of V. L is a model of ZFC, which means that it satisfies the following axioms:

  • Axiom of regularity: Every non-empty set x contains some element y such that x and y are disjoint sets.
(L,∈) is a substructure of (V,∈) which is well founded, so L is well founded. In particular, if x∈L, then by the transitivity of L, y∈L. If we use this same y as in V, then it is still disjoint from x because we are using the same element relation and no new sets were added.
If x and y are in L and they have the same elements in L, then by L's transitivity, they have the same elements (in V). So they are equal (in V and thus in L).
{} = L0 = {y | y∈L0 and y=y} ∈ L1. So {} ∈ L. Since the element relation is the same and no new elements were added, this is the empty set of L.
If x∈L and y∈L, then there is some ordinal α such that x∈Lα and y∈Lα. Then {x,y} = {s | s∈Lα and (s=x or s=y)} ∈ Lα+1. Thus {x,y} ∈ L and it has the same meaning for L as for V.
  • Axiom of union: For any set x there is a set y whose elements are precisely the elements of the elements of x.
If x ∈ Lα, then its elements are in Lα and their elements are also in Lα. So y is a subset of Lα. y = {s | s∈Lα and there exists z∈x such that s∈z} ∈ Lα+1. Thus y ∈ L.
  • Axiom of infinity: There exists a set x such that {} is in x and whenever y is in x, so is the union y U {y}.
From transfinite induction, we get that each ordinal α ∈ Lα+1. In particular, ω ∈ Lω+1 and thus ω ∈ L.
  • Axiom of separation: Given any set S and any proposition P(x,z1,...,zn), {x|x∈S and P(x,z1,...,zn)} is a set.
By induction on subformulas of P, one can show that there is an α such that Lα contains S and z1,...,zn and (P is true in Lα if and only if P is true in L (this is called the "reflection principle")). So {x | x∈S and P(x,z1,...,zn) holds in L} = {x | x∈Lα and x∈S and P(x,z1,...,zn) holds in Lα} ∈ Lα+1. Thus the subset is in L.
  • Axiom of replacement: Given any set S and any mapping (formally defined as a proposition P(x,y) where P(x,y) and P(x,z) implies y = z), {y | there exists x∈S such that P(x,y)} is a set.
Let Q(x,y) be the formula which relativizes P to L, i.e. all quantifiers in P are restricted to L. Q is a much more complex formula than P, but it is still a finite formula, and since P was a mapping over L, Q must be a mapping over V; thus we can apply replacement in V to Q. So {y | y∈L and there exists x∈S such that P(x,y) holds in L} = {y | there exists x∈S such that Q(x,y)} is a set in V and a subclass of L. Again using the axiom of replacement in V, we can show that there must be an α such that this set is a subset of Lα ∈ Lα+1. Then one can use the axiom of separation in L to finish showing that it is an element of L.
  • Axiom of power set: For any set x there exists a set y, such that the elements of y are precisely the subsets of x.
In general, some subsets of a set in L will not be in L. So the whole power set of a set in L will usually not be in L. What we need here is to show that the intersection of the power set with L is in L. Use replacement in V to show that there is an α such that the intersection is a subset of Lα. Then the intersection is {z | z∈Lα and z is a subset of x} ∈ Lα+1. Thus the required set is in L.
  • Axiom of choice: Given a set x of mutually disjoint nonempty sets, there is a set y (a choice set for x) containing exactly one element from each member of x.
One can show that there is a definable well-ordering of L which definition works the same way in L itself. So one chooses the least element of each member of x to form y using the axioms of union and separation in L.

Notice that the proof that L is a model of ZFC only requires that V be a model of ZF, i.e. we do NOT assume that the axiom of choice holds in V.

L is absolute and minimal

If W is any standard model of ZF sharing the same ordinals as V, then the L defined in W is the same as the L defined in V. In particular, Lα is the same in W and V, for any ordinal α. And the same formulas and parameters in Def (Lα) produce the same constructible sets in Lα+1.

Furthermore, since L is a subclass of V and, similarly, L is a subclass of W, L is the smallest class containing all the ordinals which is a standard model of ZF. Indeed, L is the intersection of all such classes.

If there is a set W in V which is a standard model of ZF, and the ordinal κ is the set of ordinals which occur in W, then Lκ is the L of W. If there is a set which is a standard model of ZF, then the smallest such set is such a Lκ. This set is called the minimal model of ZFC. Using the downward Löwenheim–Skolem theorem, one can show that the minimal model (if it exists) is a countable set.

Of course, any consistent theory must have a model, so even within the minimal model of set theory there are sets which are models of ZF (assuming ZF is consistent). However, those set models are non-standard. In particular, they do not use the normal element relation and they are not well founded.

Because both the L of L and the V of L are the real L and both the L of Lκ and the V of Lκ are the real Lκ, we get that V=L is true in L and in any Lκ which is a model of ZF. However, V=L does not hold in any other standard model of ZF.

L and large cardinals

Since On⊂L⊆V, properties of ordinals which depend on the absence of a function or other structure (i.e. Π1ZF formulas) are preserved when going down from V to L. Hence initial ordinals of cardinals remain initial in L. Regular ordinals remain regular in L. Weak limit cardinals become strong limit cardinals in L because the generalized continuum hypothesis holds in L. Weakly inaccessible cardinals become strongly inaccessible. Weakly Mahlo cardinals become strongly Mahlo. And more generally, any large cardinal property weaker than 0# (see the list of large cardinal properties) will be retained in L.

However, 0# is false in L even if true in V. So all the large cardinals whose existence implies 0# cease to have those large cardinal properties, but retain the properties weaker than 0# which they also possess. For example, measurable cardinals cease to be measurable but remain Mahlo in L.

Interestingly, if 0# holds in V, then there is a closed unbounded class of ordinals which are indiscernible in L. While some of these are not even initial ordinals in V, they have all the large cardinal properties weaker than 0# in L. Furthermore, any strictly increasing class function from the class of indiscernibles to itself can be extended in a unique way to an elementary embedding of L into L. This gives L a nice structure of repeating segments.

L can be well-ordered

There are various ways of well-ordering L. Some of these involve the "fine structure" of L which was first described by Ronald Bjorn Jensen in his 1972 paper entitled "The fine structure of the constructible hierarchy". Instead of explaining the fine structure, we will give an outline of how L could be well-ordered using only the definition given above.

Suppose x and y are two different sets in L and we wish to determine whether x<y or x>y. If x first appears in Lα+1 and y first appears in Lβ+1 and β is different from α, then let x<y if and only if α<β. Henceforth, we suppose that β=α.

Remember that Lα+1 = Def (Lα) which uses formulas with parameters from Lα to define the sets x and y. If one discounts (for the moment) the parameters, the formulas can be given a standard Gödel numbering by the natural numbers. If Φ is the formula with the smallest Gödel number which can be used to define x, and Ψ is the formula with the smallest Gödel number which can be used to define y, and Ψ is different from Φ, then let x<y if and only if Φ<Ψ in the Gödel numbering. Henceforth, we suppose that Ψ=Φ.

Suppose that Φ uses n parameters from Lα. Suppose z1,...,zn is the sequence of parameters which can be used with Φ to define x, and w1,...,wn does the same for y. Then let x<y if and only if either zn<wn or (zn=wn and zn-1<wn-1) or (zn=wn and zn-1=wn-1 and zn-2<wn-2) or etc.. This is called the reverse-lexicographic ordering; if there are multiple sequences of parameters that define one of the sets, we choose the least one under this ordering. It being understood that each parameter's possible values are ordered according to the restriction of the ordering of L to Lα, so this definition involves transfinite recursion on α.

The well-ordering of the values of single parameters is provided by the inductive hypothesis of the transfinite induction. The values of n-tuples of parameters are well-ordered by the product ordering. The formulas with parameters are well-ordered by the ordered sum (by Gödel numbers) of well-orderings. And L is well-ordered by the ordered sum (indexed by α) of the orderings on Lα+1.

Notice that this well-ordering can be defined within L itself by a formula of set theory with no parameters, only the free-variables x and y. And this formula gives the same truth value regardless of whether it is evaluated in L, V, or W (some other standard model of ZF with the same ordinals) and we will suppose that the formula is false if either x or y is not in L.

It is well known that the axiom of choice is equivalent to the ability to well-order every set. Being able to well-order the proper class V (as we have done here with L) is equivalent to the axiom of global choice which is more powerful than the ordinary axiom of choice because it also covers proper classes of non-empty sets.

L has a reflection principle

Proving that the axiom of separation, axiom of replacement, and axiom of choice hold in L requires (at least as shown above) the use of a reflection principle for L. Here we describe such a principle.

By mathematical induction on n<ω, we can use ZF in V to prove that for any ordinal α, there is an ordinal β>α such that for any sentence P(z1,...,zk) with z1,...,zk in Lβ and containing fewer than n symbols (counting a constant symbol for an element of Lβ as one symbol) we get that P(z1,...,zk) holds in Lβ if and only if it holds in L.

The generalized continuum hypothesis holds in L

Let SLα, and let T be any constructible subset of S. Then there is some β with TLβ+1, so T={xLβ:xSΦ(x,zi)}={xS:Φ(x,zi)}, for some formula Φ and some zi drawn from Lβ. By the downward Löwenheim–Skolem theorem, there must be some transitive set K containing Lα and some wi, and having the same first-order theory as Lβ with the wi substituted for the zi; and this K will have the same cardinal as Lα. Since V=L is true in Lβ, it is also true in K, so K=Lγ for some γ having the same cardinal as α. And T={xLβ:xSΦ(x,zi)}={xLγ:xSΦ(x,wi)} because Lβ and Lγ have the same theory. So T is in fact in Lγ+1.

So all the constructible subsets of an infinite set S have ranks with (at most) the same cardinal κ as the rank of S; it follows that if α is the initial ordinal for κ+, then L𝒫(S)Lα+1 serves as the "powerset" of S within L. And this in turn means that the "power set" of S has cardinal at most ||α||. Assuming S itself has cardinal κ, the "power set" must then have cardinal exactly κ+. But this is precisely the generalized continuum hypothesis relativized to L.

Constructible sets are definable from the ordinals

There is a formula of set theory which expresses the idea that X=Lα. It has only free variables for X and α. Using this we can expand the definition of each constructible set. If s∈Lα+1, then s = {y|y∈Lα and Φ(y,z1,...,zn) holds in (Lα,∈)} for some formula Φ and some z1,...,zn in Lα. This is equivalent to saying that: for all y, y∈s if and only if [there exists X such that X=Lα and y∈X and Ψ(X,y,z1,...,zn)] where Ψ(X,...) is the result of restricting each quantifier in Φ(...) to X. Notice that each zk∈Lβ+1 for some β<α. Combine formulas for the z's with the formula for s and apply existential quantifiers over the z's outside and one gets a formula which defines the constructible set s using only the ordinals α which appear in expressions like X=Lα as parameters.

Example: The set {5,ω} is constructible. It is the unique set, s, which satisfies the formula:
y(ys(yLω+1(a(ayaL5Ord(a))b(bybLωOrd(b))))),
where Ord(a) is short for:
ca(dc(daed(ec))).
Actually, even this complex formula has been simplified from what the instructions given in the first paragraph would yield. But the point remains, there is a formula of set theory which is true only for the desired constructible set s and which contains parameters only for ordinals.

Relative constructibility

Sometimes it is desirable to find a model of set theory which is narrow like L, but which includes or is influenced by a set which is not constructible. This gives rise to the concept of relative constructibility, of which there are two flavors, denoted L(A) and L[A].

The class L(A) for a non-constructible set A is the intersection of all classes which are standard models of set theory and contain A and all the ordinals.

L(A) is defined by transfinite recursion as follows:

If L(A) contains a well-ordering of the transitive closure of {A}, then this can be extended to a well-ordering of L(A). Otherwise, the axiom of choice will fail in L(A).

A common example is L(R), the smallest model which contains all the real numbers, which is used extensively in modern descriptive set theory.

The class L[A] is the class of sets whose construction is influenced by A, where A may be a (presumably non-constructible) set or a proper class. The definition of this class uses DefA (X), which is the same as Def (X) except instead of evaluating the truth of formulas Φ in the model (X,∈), one uses the model (X,∈,A) where A is a unary predicate. The intended interpretation of A(y) is y∈A. Then the definition of L[A] is exactly that of L only with Def replaced by DefA.

L[A] is always a model of the axiom of choice. Even if A is a set, A is not necessarily itself a member of L[A], although it always is if A is a set of ordinals.

It is essential to remember that the sets in L(A) or L[A] are usually not actually constructible and that the properties of these models may be quite different from the properties of L itself.

See also

Notes

  1. Gödel, 1938
  2. Barwise 1975, page 60 (comment following proof of theorem 5.9)

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