Admissible set explained

A such that \langle A,\in \rangle is a model of Kripke–Platek set theory (Barwise 1975).

The smallest example of an admissible set is the set of hereditarily finite sets. Another example is the set of hereditarily countable sets.

See also

• Admissible ordinal

References

• Barwise, Jon (1975). Admissible Sets and Structures: An Approach to Definability Theory, Perspectives in Mathematical Logic, Volume 7, Springer-Verlag. Electronic version on Project Euclid.