von Neumann universe (Q77887)
in set theory, the collection of sets obtained by transfinite recursion using the powerset operation
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(P31) (Q115489271)
(Q18349448)
(P138) (Q17455)
(P460) (Q2649292)
(P2534) \begin{aligned}V_\alpha&=\begin{cases}\mathcal P(V_\beta)&\exists\beta\colon\alpha=\beta+1\\\bigcup_{\gamma<\alpha}V_\gamma&\nexists\beta\colon\alpha=\beta+1\end{cases}\\V&=\bigcup_{\alpha\in\operatorname{Ord}}V_\alpha\end{aligned}
(P6104) (Q8487137)
(P7235) V
\beta+1
\mathcal P(-)
\operatorname{Ord}
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aliases cumulative hierarchy
von Neumann hierarchy of sets
von Neumann hierarchy
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description in set theory, the collection of sets obtained by transfinite recursion using the powerset operation

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