Scott's trick

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Etymology

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Introduced by Dana Scott in 1955.

Proper noun

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Scott's trick

  1. (set theory) A method for giving a definition of equivalence classes for equivalence relations on a proper class, relying on the axiom of regularity but not on the axiom of choice.