Re: Well Ordering the Reals
Daryl McCullough wrote:
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> Hilbert wondered whether the reals could be well-ordered.
Wouldn't such a well-ordering have to be complicated enough
that it couldn't be used to decide CH? (Since CH is undecidable,
right?) It's hard for me to imagine how a well-ordering of the
reals could be specified in any book of finite length while still
leaving CH undecided.
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