Re: Infinite Set & choice
On Sun, 03 Jul 2005 13:43:15 GMT, "n3wb1e" <n3wb1e@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
wrote:
>Consider an infinite set S.
>When I say that S has a countable subset C, do I use implicitly the axiom of
>choice?
Yes (at least if you're using the standard definition of "infinite".)
>Thank you.
>
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David C. Ullrich
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