An OCF

Hello, I’m back (who could have expected?) with my new OCF (Not an ordinal notation.). We follow several conventions from the world of OCFs. First, let $$\Omega_\nu=\begin{cases} 1 & \mbox{if }n=0 \\ \aleph_\nu & \mbox{otherwise}\end{cases}$$ And let \(\Omega=\Omega_1\).

Then we define the function \(\psi_\nu(\alpha)\) as the least ordinal that cannot be constructed by:

  • All ordinals less that \(\Omega_\nu\)
  • Summing two previously constructed ordinals
  • \(\psi_\beta(\gamma)\) for two previously constructed ordinals \(\beta,\gamma\), subject to \(\gamma<\alpha\)
  • \(\eta_\beta(\gamma)\) for two previously contructed ordinals \(\beta,\gamma\) with \(\gamma<\alpha\)

Here, the \(\eta\) function is a function used to define large cardinals similarly. Let \(\Lambda_0=1\), and otherwise \(\Lambda_\alpha\) be sequence of sufficiently large cardinals (not to be confused with large cardinals, though most large cardinals should work.). Let \(C_\nu(\alpha)\) be the set of ordinals constructible by the folllowing:

  • All ordinals less than \(\Lambda_\nu\)
  • Summing two previously contructed ordinals
  • \(\psi_\beta(\gamma)\) for two previously constructed ordinals \(\beta,\gamma\), subject to \(\gamma\le\alpha\)
  • \(\eta_\beta(\gamma)\) for two previously contructed ordinals \(\beta,\gamma\) with \(\gamma<\alpha\)
Then \(\eta_\nu(\alpha)\) is the smallest cardinal greater than all of \(C_\nu(\alpha)\cap\Lambda_{\nu+1}\).

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