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Erdős problem 623

Let XX be a set of cardinality ω\aleph_\omega and ff a function from the finite subsets of XX to XX such that f(A)∉Af(A)\not\in A for all AA. Must there exist an infinite independent YXY\subseteq X, i.e. with f(B)∉Yf(B)\not\in Y for all finite BYB\subset Y? Claimed resolution: the positive assertion is equivalent to Koepke's free-subset property, hence independent of ZFC, with consistency strength exactly a measurable cardinal.

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