Zorn's lemma

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Predicate Object
gptkbp:instance_of gptkb:physicist
gptkbp:bfsLayer 6
gptkbp:bfsParent gptkb:Steinhaus–_Borsuk–_Lebesgue–_Kuratowski–_Zorn_theorem
gptkb:Steinhaus–_Borsuk–_Lebesgue–_Zorn_theorem
gptkbp:applies_to order theory
partially ordered sets
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label Zorn's lemma
gptkbp:is_a principle of maximality
gptkbp:is_cited_in gptkb:Research_Institute
gptkbp:is_compared_to the Axiom of Choice
gptkbp:is_considered mathematical logic
gptkbp:is_described_as mathematical textbooks
gptkbp:is_discussed_in set theory literature
gptkbp:is_fundamental_to modern mathematics
gptkbp:is_related_to abstract algebra
algebraic topology
category theory
topological spaces
cardinal numbers
continuum hypothesis
mathematical foundations
axiomatic set theory
functional spaces
mathematical proofs
ordinal numbers
combinatorial set theory
algebraic structures
mathematical induction
maximal ideals
well-ordering theorem
order types
set-theoretic topology
transfinite induction
axioms of set theory
well-ordered sets
theory of algebraic structures
theory of cardinals
theory of ordinals
theory of topological spaces
closure operators
Zorn's lemma and choice principles
chain condition
finite and infinite sets
functional analysis concepts
lattices
maximal chains
maximal elements in posets
maximal filters
theory of chains
theory of closure operators
theory of filters
theory of ideals
theory of lattices
theory of maximal elements
gptkbp:is_tested_for Zorn's lemma proof techniques
gptkbp:is_used_in gptkb:Mathematician
gptkb:television_channel
functional analysis
gptkbp:is_used_to prove the existence of algebraic closures
prove the existence of bases in vector spaces
prove the existence of certain types of filters
prove the existence of maximal ideals in rings
prove the existence of ultrafilters
prove the existence of maximal elements in various structures
gptkbp:named_after gptkb:Max_Zorn
gptkbp:related_to gptkb:collection
gptkbp:state every non-empty partially ordered set has at least one maximal element
gptkbp:used_in gptkb:Mathematician