Axiom of Choice

Axiom of Choice

المؤلف
Horst Herrlich
سنة النشر
2006
الناشر
Springer
لغة الملف
انكليزي
نوع الملف
Book
تصنيف الكتاب
Mathematics and Statistics

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 in ZF to AC or to some weak form of AC).Disasters happen with AC: Many undesirable mathematical monsters are being created (e.g., non measurable sets and undeterminate games).Illuminating examples are drawn from diverse areas of mathematics, particularly from general topology, but also from algebra, order theory, elementary analysis, measure theory, game theory, and graph theory.


الكلمات المفتاحية: Mathematics and Statistics / Arithmetic / Axiom of choice / Calculus / Coloring of graphs / Compactness / Game theory / Non-determinate games / Sets / Ultrafilters