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3:56 AM
Feb 21 at 10:39, by Martin Sleziak
Posting a dummy post to keep the room from getting frozen. Just in case it could be useful in the future.
 
 
2 hours later…
5:38 AM
This seems like an interesting question (although the formulation might be a bit unfortunate):
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Q: Why do people accept the axiom of choice given the well ordering principle?

AndrewWe know without any doubt that the axiom of choice implies (in fact is equivalent to) the well ordering principle. The well ordering principle can't be true! If we take the open interval $(0,1)$ for example, there can't be a least (or most) element. If you give me any element of this set, I coul...

 

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