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ZFC

A silhouette of a person stands atop a mountain peak, with the letters "ZFC" prominently displayed above them, symbolizing the Zermelo–Fraenkel set theory with the Axiom of Choice.

Zermelo–Fraenkel set theory with the Axiom of Choice — the standard axiomatic foundation for modern mathematics. Nine axioms suffice to formalise essentially all of mainstream mathematical practice. ZFC is subject to Gödel's incompleteness theorems: it cannot prove its own consistency, and the Continuum Hypothesis is known to be independent of it.

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