A proof of the independence of the Axiom of Choice from the Boolean Prime Ideal Theorem

Miroslav Repický

Commentationes Mathematicae Universitatis Carolinae (2015)

  • Volume: 56, Issue: 4, page 543-546
  • ISSN: 0010-2628

Abstract

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We present a proof of the Boolean Prime Ideal Theorem in a transitive model of ZF in which the Axiom of Choice does not hold. We omit the argument based on the full Halpern-Läuchli partition theorem and instead we reduce the proof to its elementary case.

How to cite

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Repický, Miroslav. "A proof of the independence of the Axiom of Choice from the Boolean Prime Ideal Theorem." Commentationes Mathematicae Universitatis Carolinae 56.4 (2015): 543-546. <http://eudml.org/doc/276214>.

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References

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  1. Halpern J.D., Läuchli H., 10.1090/S0002-9947-1966-0200172-2, Trans. Amer. Math. Soc. 124 (1966), 360–367. Zbl0158.26902MR0200172DOI10.1090/S0002-9947-1966-0200172-2
  2. Halpern J.D., Lévy A., The Boolean Prime Ideal Theorem does not imply the Axiom of Choice, In: Axiomatic Set Theory, Proceedings of Symposia in Pure Mathematics, vol. XIII, Part I, pp. 83–134, AMS, Providence, 1971. Zbl0233.02024MR0284328
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  4. Jech T., Set Theory, the third millennium edition, revised and expanded, Springer Monographs in Mathematics, Springer, Berlin, 2003. Zbl1007.03002MR1940513

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