Axiom of Choice (AC)

GPTKB entity

Statements (47)
Predicate Object
gptkbp:instanceOf gptkb:Titan
gptkbp:allows most mathematicians
gptkbp:category gptkb:logic
foundations of mathematics
gptkbp:controversy non-constructive nature
gptkbp:equivalentTo gptkb:Well-ordering_theorem
gptkb:Zorn's_Lemma
gptkbp:field gptkb:set_theory
gptkbp:firstPublicationTitle Beweis, dass jede Menge wohlgeordnet werden kann
gptkbp:firstPublished gptkb:Mathematische_Annalen
1904
gptkbp:formedBy gptkb:Ernst_Zermelo
1904
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label Axiom of Choice (AC)
gptkbp:implies every set can be well-ordered
every product of non-empty sets is non-empty
every surjective function has a right inverse
every vector space has a basis
gptkbp:independenceDate gptkb:Zermelo-Fraenkel_set_theory_(ZF)
gptkbp:influenced gptkb:algebra
gptkb:topology
analysis
development of modern set theory
gptkbp:notation ∀A (A ≠ ∅ ⇒ ∃f: A → ⋃A, ∀x ∈ A, f(x) ∈ x)
gptkbp:opposedBy gptkb:L.E.J._Brouwer
constructivists
gptkbp:relatedAxiom gptkb:Axiom_of_Global_Choice
gptkb:Axiom_of_Countable_Choice
gptkb:Axiom_of_Dependent_Choice
gptkbp:relatedConcept gptkb:Axiom_of_Determinacy
gptkb:Axiom_of_Countable_Choice
gptkb:Dependent_Choice
gptkbp:relatedParadox gptkb:Banach–Tarski_paradox
gptkb:Hausdorff_paradox
gptkbp:sentence Given any collection of nonempty sets, there exists a choice function selecting one element from each set.
gptkbp:statusInConstructiveMathematics not accepted
gptkbp:statusInNBG included
gptkbp:statusInZF independent
gptkbp:statusInZFC included
gptkbp:symbol gptkb:AC
gptkbp:usedIn proof of Hahn–Banach theorem
proof of every vector space has a basis
proof of Tychonoff's theorem
proof of Tychonoff's theorem in topology
proof of existence of non-measurable sets
gptkbp:bfsParent gptkb:constructible_universe_(L)
gptkbp:bfsLayer 7