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100 years of Zermelo's axiom of choice: What was the problem with it? (2006)
Cantor conceived set theory in a sequence of six papers published in the Mathematische Annalen during the five year period 1879–1884. In the fifth of these papers, published in 1883, 1 he stated as a law of thought ( Denkgesetz ) that every set can be well-ordered or, more precisely, that it is always possible to…
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| Jun 13, 2025 | 100 years of Zermelo's axiom of choice: What was the problem with it? (2006) by Bogdanp | 122 | 129 |
