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An extension of a theorem of Zermelo

Logic 2019-07-31 v1

Abstract

We show that if (M,E,E') satisfies the first order Zermelo-Fraenkel axioms of set theory when the membership relation is E and also when the membership relation is E', and in both cases the formulas are allowed to contain both E and E', then (M,E) and (M,E') are isomorphic, and the isomorphism is definable in (M,E,E'). This extends Zermelo's 1930 theorem about second order ZFC.

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@article{arxiv.1808.08621,
  title  = {An extension of a theorem of Zermelo},
  author = {Jouko Väänänen},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:1808.08621},
  year   = {2019}
}