In mathematics, a Grothendieck universe is a set U with the following properties: If x is an element of U and if y is an element of x, then y is also...

tries hard enough, one can leave a Grothendieck universe.[citation needed] The most common use of a Grothendieck universe U is to take U as a replacement...

inclusion of Tarski's axiom, which states that for each set there is a Grothendieck universe it belongs to (see below). Tarski's axiom implies the existence...

Another solution is to assume the existence of Grothendieck universes. Roughly speaking, a Grothendieck universe is a set which is itself a model of ZF(C)...

contradictions, and any Grothendieck universe satisfies the new pair of properties. However, whether Grothendieck universes exist is a question beyond...

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contraposition to the distinguished sets that are elements of a Grothendieck universe. The most popular axiomatic set theories, Zermelo–Fraenkel set theory...

applied in the form of the assumption that one can work inside a Grothendieck universe, the two ideas being intimately connected. Zermelo–Fraenkel set...

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not contain itself, because it is not itself a set. Universe (mathematics) Grothendieck universe Domain of discourse Von Neumann–Bernays–Gödel set theory...

of Fermat's Last Theorem implicitly relies on the existence of Grothendieck universes, very large infinite sets, for solving a long-standing problem that...

is assumed, then the sets of smaller rank form a model of ZF (a Grothendieck universe), and its subsets can be thought of as "classes". In ZF, the concept...

In mathematics, in set theory, the constructible universe (or Gödel's constructible universe), denoted by L {\displaystyle L} , is a particular class...

theory with a strongly inaccessible cardinal allowing the use of a Grothendieck universe is used, but in fact, most mathematicians can actually prove all...

which is used in Tarski–Grothendieck set theory and states (in the vernacular) that every set belongs to some Grothendieck universe, is stronger than the...

problem: One can work with Grothendieck universes: a stack is then a functor between classes of some fixed Grothendieck universe, so these classes and the...

set-theoretic in nature: pyknotic theory depends on a choice of Grothendieck universes, whereas condensed mathematics can be developed strictly within...

One can obtain a true field by limiting the construction to a Grothendieck universe, yielding a set with the cardinality of some strongly inaccessible...

such as Grothendieck universes, there exist both sets that belong to the universe, called “small sets” and sets that do not, such as the universe itself...

metamath have adopted Tarski–Grothendieck set theory, an extension of ZFC, so that proofs involving Grothendieck universes (encountered in category theory...

Wiles's proof of Fermat's Last Theorem, which relies implicitly on Grothendieck universes, whose existence requires the addition of a new axiom to set theory...

variations. In 1972, Michael Artin, Alexandre Grothendieck, Jean-Louis Verdier propose the Grothendieck universe. After the neutral weak currents caused by...

theory or Tarski–Grothendieck set theory, albeit that in very many cases the use of large cardinal axioms or Grothendieck universes is formally eliminable...

setting, working with concepts such as Grothendieck toposes and Grothendieck universes. With hindsight, much of this machinery proved unnecessary for most...

is the notion of a small set; i.e., one has made a choice of a Grothendieck universe. Kashiwara & Schapira 2006, Corollary 2.4.3. Kashiwara & Schapira...

greatest editorial failures of all time." French mathematician Alexandre Grothendieck cites The Sleepwalkers as one of his sources of inspiration. Irish writer...

}} (or A′), is the set of elements not in A. When all elements in the universe, i.e. all elements under consideration, are considered to be members of...

set-theoretic in nature: pyknotic theory depends on a choice of Grothendieck universes, whereas condensed mathematics can be developed strictly within...

Grothendieck Grothendieck universes for sets as part of foundations for categories 1972 Jean Bénabou–Ross Street Cosmoses which categorize universes:...

dependent type theories. Fibred categories were introduced by Alexander Grothendieck (1959, 1971), and developed in more detail by Jean Giraud (1964, 1971)...