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The 48 pages that link to Axiom of choice, each with the reason it gives.
Set theoryRelated: It enables powerful existence proofs and has consequences that cannot be derived from the other usual axioms.
Zermelo–Fraenkel set theoryRelated: ZF does not include this principle, whose addition changes what the theory can prove.
Cartesian productRelated: For infinite families, it governs whether a product of nonempty sets must be nonempty.
Continuum hypothesisRelated: Together with Zermelo–Fraenkel axioms, it forms the standard background for independence results.
Principia MathematicaRelated: Its treatment illustrates the boundary between logical principles and assumptions needed in mathematics.
Well-ordering theoremRelated: Choosing one element from each subset yields a well-ordering of any set.
Ernst ZermeloRelated: Zermelo used this principle to prove that every set can be well-ordered.
Zorn's lemmaRelated: Zorn's lemma is equivalent to this choice principle in standard set theory.
Axiom of extensionalityRelated: It operates on families treated as genuine sets, whose identities extensionality fixes by membership.
Banach–Tarski paradoxRelated: Choosing representatives from rotation orbits produces the nonmeasurable pieces.
Choice functionRelated: It guarantees choice functions even when no explicit selection rule is given.
Infinite setRelated: It affects whether certain infinite sets and their subsets can be constructed or well-ordered.
Tychonoff's theoremRelated: In standard set theory, its full strength is equivalent to Tychonoff’s theorem.
Axiom of FoundationRelated: Choice is independent of Foundation in standard set theory and addresses a different structural question.
Gödel's constructible universeRelated: Gödel proved that L satisfies choice, establishing its consistency relative to the base theory.
Maximal elementRelated: Zorn's lemma, a standard maximal-element principle, is equivalent to the axiom of choice.
Axiom of constructibilityRelated: The constructible universe satisfies choice, so V = L implies the axiom of choice.
Axiom of infinityRelated: It is another prominent set-existence principle, but is independent of infinity in standard set theory.
Felix HausdorffRelated: Its consequences for infinite sets intersected the foundational questions Hausdorff investigated.
Axiom of Power SetRelated: It is another major Zermelo–Fraenkel extension, logically separate from Power Set.
Left inverseRelated: For arbitrary sets, extending the forced inverse on f’s image can require choosing outputs elsewhere.
Nonmeasurable setRelated: A choice function selects the representatives used to construct a Vitali set.
Existence theoremRelated: It can assert the existence of a selection without specifying how to make each choice.
Large cardinalRelated: Many standard large-cardinal definitions use choice to characterize cardinal size and structure.
Aleph numberRelated: It supports the general identification of set cardinalities with aleph numbers.
Well-orderRelated: In Zermelo–Fraenkel set theory, it is equivalent to the well-ordering theorem.
Free Will TheoremRelated: The theorem’s free-choice assumption concerns measurement settings, not this set-theoretic axiom.
Hausdorff paradoxRelated: Choosing one point from each orbit supplies representatives without a geometric selection rule.
Solovay modelRelated: The model omits full choice, whose consequences include nonmeasurable sets of reals.
Krull's theoremRelated: In standard set theory, Zorn's lemma—and thus this proof—depends on the axiom of choice.
Axiom (mathematics and logic)Related: Its independence from other set-theoretic axioms highlights the consequences of adding or withholding an axiom.
Axiom of limitation of sizeRelated: It is a separate foundational principle and is not what makes proper classes equinumerous with V.