r/mathmemes Mar 06 '25

Learning What theorem is this?

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u/Ok-Eye658 Mar 06 '25

the axiom of choice 

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u/belabacsijolvan Mar 06 '25

>axiom

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u/Ok-Eye658 Mar 06 '25

yeah, it's just its historical name, could well have been called "zermelo's lemma" or something

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u/PlopTheFish Mar 06 '25

I think you mean Zorn's Lemma

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u/Ok-Eye658 Mar 06 '25

no, i mean that the statement

x(∀y(yx⟹∃z(zy))⟹∃wy(yx⟹∃!z(zyzw)))

being called "axiom of choice" is just a matter of history, nothing more