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Fodor's lemma (Theorem)

If $\kappa$ is a regular, uncountable cardinal, $S$ is a stationary subset of $\kappa$ and $f:\kappa\rightarrow\kappa$ is regressive on $S$ (that is, $f(\alpha)<\alpha$ for any $\alpha\in S$ then there is some $\gamma$ and some stationary $S_0\subseteq S$ such that $f(\alpha)=\gamma$ for any $\alpha\in S_0$




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See Also: stationary

Other names:  pushing down lemma
Also defines:  Fodor's lemma

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Cross-references: subset, stationary, cardinal, uncountable, regular
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AMS MSC03E10 (Mathematical logic and foundations :: Set theory :: Ordinal and cardinal numbers)

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