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Very large set axioms over constructive set theories

Logic 2025-03-26 v3

Abstract

We investigate large set axioms defined in terms of elementary embeddings over constructive set theories, focusing on IKP\mathsf{IKP} and CZF\mathsf{CZF}. Most previously studied large set axioms, notably the constructive analogues of large cardinals below 00^\sharp, have proof-theoretic strength weaker than full Second-order Arithmetic. On the other hand, the situation is dramatically different for those defined via elementary embeddings. We show that by adding to IKP\mathsf{IKP} the basic properties of an elementary embedding j ⁣:VMj\colon V\to M for Δ0\Delta_0-formulas, which we will denote by Δ0-BTEEM\mathsf{\Delta_0\text{-}BTEE}_M, we obtain the consistency of ZFC\mathsf{ZFC} and more. We will also see that the consistency strength of a Reinhardt set exceeds that of ZF+WA\mathsf{ZF+WA}. Furthermore, we will define super Reinhardt sets and TR\mathsf{TR}, which is a constructive analogue of VV being totally Reinhardt, and prove that their proof-theoretic strength exceeds that of ZF\mathsf{ZF} with choiceless large cardinals.

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@article{arxiv.2204.05831,
  title  = {Very large set axioms over constructive set theories},
  author = {Hanul Jeon and Richard Matthews},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:2204.05831},
  year   = {2025}
}

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51 pages, Final version

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