The axiom of choice
β Scribed by Jech T.J.
- Book ID
- 127454368
- Publisher
- North-Holland
- Year
- 1973
- Tongue
- English
- Weight
- 1 MB
- Series
- Studies in logic and the foundations of mathematics 75
- Category
- Library
- City
- Amsterdam, New York
- ISBN-13
- 9780444104847
No coin nor oath required. For personal study only.
β¦ Synopsis
Comprehensive in its selection of topics and results, this self-contained text examines the relative strengths and the consequences of the axiom of choice. Subjects include consistency and independence, permutation models, and examples and counterexamples of the axiom's use. Each chapter contains several problems and concludes with some historical remarks. 1973 edition.
π SIMILAR VOLUMES
AC, the axiom of choice, because of its non-constructive character, is the most controversial mathematical axiom, shunned by some, used indiscriminately by others. This treatise shows paradigmatically that: - Disasters happen without AC: Many fundamental mathematical results fail (being equivalent