Huge Cardinal
In mathematics, a cardinal number κ is called huge if there exists an elementary embedding j : V → M from V into a transitive inner model M with critical point κ and
Here, αM is the class of all sequences of length α whose elements are in M.
Huge cardinals were introduced by Kenneth Kunen (1978).
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