In the proof of the Iteration Theorem in Eliot Mendelson's book Number Systems and the Foundations of Analysis (1973), page 57, the author defines a function $f: A \to W$ to be n-admissible iff:
- $A \subseteq P$
- $1 \in A$
- $n \in A$
- $\forall u (S(u) \in A \implies u \in A)$
- $f(1) = c$
- $\forall u (S(u) \in A \implies f(S(u)) = g(f(u))).$
I don't see why we need (2). Do (3) and (4) not imply that $1 \in A$?