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Epsilon induction
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The principle of epsilon induction says that every progressive class is universal: if
∀
x
[
(
∀
y
∈
x
,
φ
(
y
))
⟹
φ
(
x
)
]
,
(4)
then
φ
(
x
)
holds for every set
x
. Over the other axioms of ZF, it is equivalent to the
Axiom of foundation
.
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