Transcendence bases, well-orderings of the reals and the axiom of choice

Haim Horowitz, Saharon Shelah

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Abstract

We prove that ZF+DC+“there exists a transcendence basis for the reals” + “there is no well-ordering of the reals” is consistent relative to ZFC. This answers a question of Larson and Zapletal.

Original languageEnglish
Pages (from-to)851-858
Number of pages8
JournalProceedings of the American Mathematical Society
Volume149
Issue number2
DOIs
StatePublished - Feb 2021
Externally publishedYes

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Keywords

  • Amalgamation
  • Axiom of choice
  • Forcing
  • Transcendence basis
  • Well-ordering

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