Many fundamental mathematical results fail in ZF, i.e., in Zermelo-Fraenkel set theory without the Axiom of Choice. This article surveys results — old and new — that specify how much “choice” is needed precisely to validate each of certain basic analytical and topological results.
Węglorz' models are models for set theory without the axiom of choice. Each one is determined by an atomic Boolean algebra. Here the algebraic properties of the Boolean algebra are compared to the set theoretic properties of the model.
In set theory without the axiom of choice (AC), we observe new relations of the following statements with weak choice principles. If in a partially ordered set, all chains are finite and all antichains are countable, then the set is countable. If in a partially ordered set, all chains are finite and all antichains have size , then the set has size for any regular . Every partially ordered set without a maximal element has two disjoint cofinal sub sets – CS. Every partially ordered set...
We show that: (1) It is provable in ZF (i.e., Zermelo-Fraenkel set theory minus the Axiom of Choice AC) that every compact scattered T₂ topological space is zero-dimensional. (2) If every countable union of countable sets of reals is countable, then a countable compact T₂ space is scattered iff it is metrizable. (3) If the real line ℝ can be expressed as a well-ordered union of well-orderable sets, then every countable compact zero-dimensional T₂ space...
We investigate the role that weak forms of the axiom of choice play in countable Tychonoff products, as well as countable disjoint unions, of Loeb and selective metric spaces.