Choiceless cardinals and the continuum problem
Abstract: Under large cardinal hypotheses beyond the Kunen inconsistency -- hypotheses so strong as to contradict the Axiom of Choice -- we solve several variants of the generalized continuum problem and identify structural features of the levels $V_\alpha$ of the cumulative hierarchy of sets that are eventually periodic, alternating according to the parity of the ordinal $\alpha$. For example, if there is an elementary embedding from the universe of sets to itself, then for sufficiently large ordinals $\alpha$, the supremum of the lengths of all wellfounded relations on $V_\alpha$ is a strong limit cardinal if and only if $\alpha$ is odd.
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