Axiom of Regularity

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Axiom of regularity or axiom of foundation states that every non-empty set xx contains a member yy such that xx and yy are disjoint sets.

x[a(ax)y(yx¬z(zyzx))]\forall x[ \exists a(a\in x) \Rightarrow \exists y ( y\in x \land \lnot \exists z(z\in y\land z\in x) ) ]

This implies, for example, that no set is an element of itself and that every set has an ordinal rank.

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