"Lévy hierarchy" meaning in All languages combined

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Proper name [English]

Forms: the Lévy hierarchy [canonical]
Etymology: Introduced by Azriel Lévy in 1965. Head templates: {{en-prop|def=1}} the Lévy hierarchy
  1. (set theory, logic) A hierarchy of formulas in the formal language of the Zermelo-Fraenkel set theory. Its first level contains only formulas with no unbounded quantifiers and is denoted by Δ₀=Σ₀=Π₀. Subsequent levels are given by finding a formula in prenex normal form which is provably equivalent over ZFC, and counting the number of changes of quantifiers. Categories (topical): Logic, Set theory
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