Axiom of Choice (Lecture Notes in Mathematics, Vol. 1876) (Lecture Notes in Math

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ISBN
9783540309895
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Publisher
Springer Berlin / Heidelberg
ISBN-10
3540309896
ISBN-13
9783540309895
eBay Product ID (ePID)
52636858

Product Key Features

Number of Pages
Xiv, 198 Pages
Language
English
Publication Name
Axiom of Choice
Publication Year
2006
Subject
Algebra / Abstract, Functional Analysis, General, Logic
Type
Textbook
Subject Area
Mathematics
Author
Horst Herrlich
Series
Lecture Notes in Mathematics Ser.
Format
Trade Paperback

Dimensions

Item Weight
24.3 Oz
Item Length
9.2 in
Item Width
6.1 in

Additional Product Features

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Scholarly & Professional
LCCN
2006-921740
Dewey Edition
22
Reviews
From the reviews:"The book is an excellent introduction to the Axiom of Choice, its consequences and even its possible replacements. Although the author claims not to have written a textbook, compendium or history, the book might be used as any of these three. … there are many diagrams throughout the text and in the appendix detailing the relationships between the Axiom of Choice and its consequences. It certainly fulfills its stated purpose of whetting the reader's appetite for studying the ZF universe." (Paul E. Howard, Mathematical Reviews, Issue 2007 f), From the reviews: "The book is an excellent introduction to the Axiom of Choice, its consequences and even its possible replacements. Although the author claims not to have written a textbook, compendium or history, the book might be used as any of these three. … there are many diagrams throughout the text and in the appendix detailing the relationships between the Axiom of Choice and its consequences. It certainly fulfills its stated purpose of whetting the reader's appetite for studying the ZF universe." (Paul E. Howard, Mathematical Reviews, Issue 2007 f), From the reviews: "The book is an excellent introduction to the Axiom of Choice, its consequences and even its possible replacements. Although the author claims not to have written a textbook, compendium or history, the book might be used as any of these three. ... there are many diagrams throughout the text and in the appendix detailing the relationships between the Axiom of Choice and its consequences. It certainly fulfills its stated purpose of whetting the reader's appetite for studying the ZF universe." (Paul E. Howard, Mathematical Reviews, Issue 2007 f)
Series Volume Number
1876
Number of Volumes
1 vol.
Illustrated
Yes
Dewey Decimal
511.3
Table Of Content
Origins: Hilbert's First Problem.- Choice Principles: Some Equivalents to the Axiom of Choice, Some Concepts Related to the Axiom of Choice.- Elementary Observations: Hidden Choice, Unnecessary Choice, Concepts Split Up: Compactness.- Disasters without Choice: Finiteness, Disasters in Cardinal Arithmetic, Disasters in Order Theory, Disasters in Algebra I: Vector Spaces, Disasters in Algebra II: Categories, Disasters in Elementary Analysis: The Reals and Continuity, Disasters in Topology I: Countable Sums, Disasters in Topology II: Products (The Tychonoff and the Cech-Stone Theorem), Disasters in Topology III: Function Spaces (The Ascoli Theorem), Disasters in Topology IV: The Baire Category Theorem, Disasters in Graph Theory: Coloring Problems.- Disasters with Choice: Disasters in Elementary Analysis, Disasters in Geometry: Paradoxical Decompositions.- Disasters either way: Disasters in Game Theory.- Beauty without Choice: Lindelöf = Compact, Measurability (The Axiom of Determinateness).
Synopsis
AC, the axiom of choice, because of its non-constructive character, is the most controversial mathematical axiom. It is shunned by some, used indiscriminately by others. This treatise shows paradigmatically that disasters happen without AC and they happen with AC. 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., 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). - Some beautiful mathematical theorems hold only if AC is replaced by some alternative axiom, contradicting AC (e.g., by AD, the axiom of determinateness). 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.
LC Classification Number
QA8.9-10.3

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