Worldly cardinal

In mathematical set theory, a worldly cardinal is a cardinal κ such that the rank Vκ is a model of Zermelo–Fraenkel set theory. A strong limit cardinal κ is worldly if and only if for every natural n, there is some ordinal θ < κ such that Vθ ≺Σn Vκ.

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