Abstract
It is known that, if we take a countable model of Zermelo–Fraenkel set
theory ZFC and “undirect” the membership relation (that is, make a graph
by joining x to y if either x∈y or y∈x),
we obtain the Erdős–Rényi random graph. The crucial axiom in the proof
of this is the Axiom of Foundation; so it is natural to wonder what
happens if we delete this axiom, or replace it by an alternative (such
as Aczel’s Anti-Foundation Axiom). The resulting graph may fail to be
simple; it may have loops (if x∈x for some x) or multiple edges (if x∈y and y∈x for some distinct x, y). We show that, in ZFA, if we keep the loops and ignore the multiple edges, we obtain the “random loopy graph” (which is ℵ0-categorical and homogeneous), but if we keep multiple edges, the resulting graph is not ℵ0-categorical,
but has infinitely many 1-types. Moreover, if we keep only loops and
double edges and discard single edges, the resulting graph contains
countably many connected components isomorphic to any given finite
connected graph with loops.
Original language | English |
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Pages (from-to) | 393-400 |
Number of pages | 8 |
Journal | Aequationes Mathematicae |
Volume | 95 |
Issue number | 2 |
Early online date | 18 Nov 2020 |
DOIs | |
Publication status | Published - Apr 2021 |
Keywords
- Random graph
- Anti-Foundation Axiom
- Erdős–Rényi random graph
- Zermelo–Fraenkel axioms