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Is the axiom of choice useful?
This was brought up in another thread. Here is a post by W.D.Clinger. Wikipedia has a list of equivalent statements and theorems that follow from ZF+AC. I've heard of Tychonoff's theorem being important, but I've never really known why. The law of trichotomy for cardinal numbers and the...- schrodingasdawg
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Why Natural Philosophy (Science) is ********
Axioms by Robert G. Brown of Duke University Physics Department: Why Science is ********:- Stone Island
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Are axioms beliefs?
Axioms might be beliefs that everyone considers self evident, but doesn't that still make them beliefs?- T'ai Chi
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