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Description: Axiom of Choice. The
Axiom of Choice (AC) is usually considered an
extension of ZF set theory rather than a proper part of it. It is
sometimes considered philosophically controversial because it asserts
the existence of a set without telling us what the set is. ZF set
theory that includes AC is called ZFC.
The unpublished version given here says that given any set 𝑥, there exists a 𝑦 that is a collection of unordered pairs, one pair for each nonempty member of 𝑥. One entry in the pair is the member of 𝑥, and the other entry is some arbitrary member of that member of 𝑥. See the rewritten version ac3 9873 for a more detailed explanation. Theorem ac2 9872 shows an equivalent written compactly with restricted quantifiers. This version was specifically crafted to be short when expanded to primitives. Kurt Maes' 5-quantifier version ackm 9876 is slightly shorter when the biconditional of ax-ac 9870 is expanded into implication and negation. In axac3 9875 we allow the constant CHOICE to represent the Axiom of Choice; this simplifies the representation of theorems like gchac 10092 (the Generalized Continuum Hypothesis implies the Axiom of Choice). Standard textbook versions of AC are derived as ac8 9903, ac5 9888, and ac7 9884. The Axiom of Regularity ax-reg 9040 (among others) is used to derive our version from the standard ones; this reverse derivation is shown as theorem dfac2b 9541. Equivalents to AC are the well-ordering theorem weth 9906 and Zorn's lemma zorn 9918. See ac4 9886 for comments about stronger versions of AC. In order to avoid uses of ax-reg 9040 for derivation of AC equivalents, we provide ax-ac2 9874 (due to Kurt Maes), which is equivalent to the standard AC of textbooks. The derivation of ax-ac2 9874 from ax-ac 9870 is shown by theorem axac2 9877, and the reverse derivation by axac 9878. Therefore, new proofs should normally use ax-ac2 9874 instead. (New usage is discouraged.) (Contributed by NM, 18-Jul-1996.) |
Ref | Expression |
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ax-ac | ⊢ ∃𝑦∀𝑧∀𝑤((𝑧 ∈ 𝑤 ∧ 𝑤 ∈ 𝑥) → ∃𝑣∀𝑢(∃𝑡((𝑢 ∈ 𝑤 ∧ 𝑤 ∈ 𝑡) ∧ (𝑢 ∈ 𝑡 ∧ 𝑡 ∈ 𝑦)) ↔ 𝑢 = 𝑣)) |
Step | Hyp | Ref | Expression |
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1 | vz | . . . . . . 7 setvar 𝑧 | |
2 | vw | . . . . . . 7 setvar 𝑤 | |
3 | 1, 2 | wel 2112 | . . . . . 6 wff 𝑧 ∈ 𝑤 |
4 | vx | . . . . . . 7 setvar 𝑥 | |
5 | 2, 4 | wel 2112 | . . . . . 6 wff 𝑤 ∈ 𝑥 |
6 | 3, 5 | wa 399 | . . . . 5 wff (𝑧 ∈ 𝑤 ∧ 𝑤 ∈ 𝑥) |
7 | vu | . . . . . . . . . . . 12 setvar 𝑢 | |
8 | 7, 2 | wel 2112 | . . . . . . . . . . 11 wff 𝑢 ∈ 𝑤 |
9 | vt | . . . . . . . . . . . 12 setvar 𝑡 | |
10 | 2, 9 | wel 2112 | . . . . . . . . . . 11 wff 𝑤 ∈ 𝑡 |
11 | 8, 10 | wa 399 | . . . . . . . . . 10 wff (𝑢 ∈ 𝑤 ∧ 𝑤 ∈ 𝑡) |
12 | 7, 9 | wel 2112 | . . . . . . . . . . 11 wff 𝑢 ∈ 𝑡 |
13 | vy | . . . . . . . . . . . 12 setvar 𝑦 | |
14 | 9, 13 | wel 2112 | . . . . . . . . . . 11 wff 𝑡 ∈ 𝑦 |
15 | 12, 14 | wa 399 | . . . . . . . . . 10 wff (𝑢 ∈ 𝑡 ∧ 𝑡 ∈ 𝑦) |
16 | 11, 15 | wa 399 | . . . . . . . . 9 wff ((𝑢 ∈ 𝑤 ∧ 𝑤 ∈ 𝑡) ∧ (𝑢 ∈ 𝑡 ∧ 𝑡 ∈ 𝑦)) |
17 | 16, 9 | wex 1781 | . . . . . . . 8 wff ∃𝑡((𝑢 ∈ 𝑤 ∧ 𝑤 ∈ 𝑡) ∧ (𝑢 ∈ 𝑡 ∧ 𝑡 ∈ 𝑦)) |
18 | vv | . . . . . . . . 9 setvar 𝑣 | |
19 | 7, 18 | weq 1964 | . . . . . . . 8 wff 𝑢 = 𝑣 |
20 | 17, 19 | wb 209 | . . . . . . 7 wff (∃𝑡((𝑢 ∈ 𝑤 ∧ 𝑤 ∈ 𝑡) ∧ (𝑢 ∈ 𝑡 ∧ 𝑡 ∈ 𝑦)) ↔ 𝑢 = 𝑣) |
21 | 20, 7 | wal 1536 | . . . . . 6 wff ∀𝑢(∃𝑡((𝑢 ∈ 𝑤 ∧ 𝑤 ∈ 𝑡) ∧ (𝑢 ∈ 𝑡 ∧ 𝑡 ∈ 𝑦)) ↔ 𝑢 = 𝑣) |
22 | 21, 18 | wex 1781 | . . . . 5 wff ∃𝑣∀𝑢(∃𝑡((𝑢 ∈ 𝑤 ∧ 𝑤 ∈ 𝑡) ∧ (𝑢 ∈ 𝑡 ∧ 𝑡 ∈ 𝑦)) ↔ 𝑢 = 𝑣) |
23 | 6, 22 | wi 4 | . . . 4 wff ((𝑧 ∈ 𝑤 ∧ 𝑤 ∈ 𝑥) → ∃𝑣∀𝑢(∃𝑡((𝑢 ∈ 𝑤 ∧ 𝑤 ∈ 𝑡) ∧ (𝑢 ∈ 𝑡 ∧ 𝑡 ∈ 𝑦)) ↔ 𝑢 = 𝑣)) |
24 | 23, 2 | wal 1536 | . . 3 wff ∀𝑤((𝑧 ∈ 𝑤 ∧ 𝑤 ∈ 𝑥) → ∃𝑣∀𝑢(∃𝑡((𝑢 ∈ 𝑤 ∧ 𝑤 ∈ 𝑡) ∧ (𝑢 ∈ 𝑡 ∧ 𝑡 ∈ 𝑦)) ↔ 𝑢 = 𝑣)) |
25 | 24, 1 | wal 1536 | . 2 wff ∀𝑧∀𝑤((𝑧 ∈ 𝑤 ∧ 𝑤 ∈ 𝑥) → ∃𝑣∀𝑢(∃𝑡((𝑢 ∈ 𝑤 ∧ 𝑤 ∈ 𝑡) ∧ (𝑢 ∈ 𝑡 ∧ 𝑡 ∈ 𝑦)) ↔ 𝑢 = 𝑣)) |
26 | 25, 13 | wex 1781 | 1 wff ∃𝑦∀𝑧∀𝑤((𝑧 ∈ 𝑤 ∧ 𝑤 ∈ 𝑥) → ∃𝑣∀𝑢(∃𝑡((𝑢 ∈ 𝑤 ∧ 𝑤 ∈ 𝑡) ∧ (𝑢 ∈ 𝑡 ∧ 𝑡 ∈ 𝑦)) ↔ 𝑢 = 𝑣)) |
Colors of variables: wff setvar class |
This axiom is referenced by: zfac 9871 ac2 9872 |
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