The Axiom of Choice - Brossura

Jech, Thomas J.

 
9780486466248: The Axiom of Choice

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Comprehensive in its selection of topics and results, this self-contained text examines the relative strengths and consequences of the axiom of choice. Each chapter contains several problems, graded according to difficulty, and concludes with some historical remarks.
An introduction to the use of the axiom of choice is followed by explorations of consistency, permutation models, and independence. Subsequent chapters examine embedding theorems, models with finite supports, weaker versions of the axiom, and nontransferable statements. The final sections consider mathematics without choice, cardinal numbers in set theory without choice, and properties that contradict the axiom of choice, including the axiom of determinacy and related topics

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Contenuti

Preface 1. Introduction 2. Use of the axiom of choice 3. Consistency of the axiom of choice 4. Permutation models 5. Independence of the axiom of choice 6. Embedding theorems 7. Models with finite supports 8. Some weaker versions of the axiom of choice 9. Nontransferable statements 10. Mathematics without choice 11. Cardinal numbers in set theory without choice 12. Some properties contradicting the axiom of choice Appendix 1. Equivalents of the axiom of choice Appendix 2. Equivalents of the Prime Ideal Theorem Appendix 3. Various independence results Appendix 4. Miscellaneous examples References Author Index Subject Index List of Symbols

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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.

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