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Here's the paper from 1958:

http://matwbn.icm.edu.pl/ksiazki/fm/fm46/fm4611.pdf

Where reference [7] is
https://eudml.org/doc/213059 where 𝔖 is defined to have ur-Elements

Prior work:
(𝔖 or ZF) + AC ⊢ Fin₁ = Fin₁ₐ = Fin₂ = Fin₃ = Fin₄ = Fin₅ = Fin₆ = Fin₇

EScbO = the axiom "Every set can be (linearly, strictly) ordered"

Theorem 1 is
(𝔖 or ZF) ⊢ Fin₁ ⊆ Fin₁ₐ ⊆ Fin₂ ⊆ Fin₃ ⊆ Fin₄ ⊆ Fin₅ ⊆ Fin₆ ⊆ Fin₇

Theorem 2 is
(𝔖 or ZF) ⊢ ( R Orders A ∧ A ∈ Fin₂ ) → A ∈ Fin₁

Theorem 3 is
(𝔖 or ZF) + EScbO ⊢ Fin₁ = Fin₁ₐ = Fin₂

Theorem 4 is
𝔖 + EScbO ⊢ Fin₁ ≠ Fin₃

Theorem 5 is
𝔖 + EScbO ⊢ Fin₃ ≠ Fin₄

Theorem 6 is
𝔖 + EScbO ⊢ Fin₄ ≠ Fin₅

Theorem 7 is
𝔖 + EScbO ⊢ Fin₅ ≠ Fin₆

Theorem 8 is
𝔖 + EScbO ⊢ Fin₆ ≠ Fin₇

Theorem 9 is
𝔖 ⊢ Fin₁ ≠ Fin₁ₐ

Theorem 10 is
(𝔖 or ZF) ⊢ ( Fin₁ₐ = Fin₂ → Fin₁ = Fin₁ₐ )

Theorem 11 is
𝔖 ⊢ Fin₁ₐ ≠ Fin₂

As it so happens, I know of a proof:
ZF + CC ⊢ Fin₁ = Fin₄

Where the axiom of Countable Choice, CC, can be expressed as ⊢ (𝑥 ≈ ω → ∃𝑓∀𝑧 ∈ 𝑥 (𝑧 ≠ ∅ → (𝑓‘𝑧) ∈ 𝑧))

See https://us.metamath.org/mpeuni/fin41.html where CC is used only for the line ⊢ (ω ≼ 𝑥 ↔ ¬ 𝑥 ≺ ω)

So good guess!

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So we have { 1, 2 } ∈ Fin₁ ⊆ Fin₁ₐ ⊆ Fin₂ ⊆ Fin₃ ⊆ Fin₄ ⊆ Fin₅ ⊆ Fin₆ ⊆ Fin₇

If a set is in Fin₁ then it is considered finite by all the other definitions.

But since the axiom of choice is equivalent to saying every set can be well-ordered, if we accept it VII-finite sets are equinumerous with a finite ordinal and so Fin₇ ⊆ Fin₁ and so the differences between these definitions collapse and ZF becomes ZFC, which is a widely accepted basis for Set Theory.

My consultation with math resources was inspired by a blog post:

https://www.infinitelymore.xyz/p/what-is-the-infinite

#Metamath #ZFC #SetTheory #AxiomOfChoice #FiniteSet #Infinity

What is the infinite?

What does it mean, exactly, to say that a set is infinite? Can we provide precise mathematical definitions of the finite and the infinite?

Infinitely More

Also from #Metamath I learned #infinity is hard to think about.

A . Lévy in "The independence of various definitions of finiteness" Fundamenta Mathematicae, 46:1-13 (1958) established 8 distinct set-theoretic definitions of a #finiteSet which in ZF cannot be equated without the #AxiomOfChoice

I-finite -- equinumerous with a finite ordinal. // i.e. admits a finite well-order (Numerically Finite) ⟺ the powerset of its powerset is Dedekind finite ⟺ every collection of its subsets has a maximum element ⟺ every collection of subsets has a minimal element

Ia-finite -- not the union of two sets which are not I-finite

II-finite -- every possible way of finding within the set a chain of nested subsets always contains a maximum element (Tarski finite) ⟺ equivalently every such chain contains its intersection ⟺ (Linearly Finite) ⟺ (Stäckel Finite)

|||-finite -- It's powerset is |V-finite finite, (weakly Dedekind finite) ⟺ cannot be mapped onto ordinal ω ⟺ doesn't contain a chain of subsets which can be placed in order with ω

|V-finite -- doesn't have a proper subset which is equinumerous to itself. (Dedekind finite) ⟺ there is no 1-1 map from ordinal ω to it ⟺ it is strictly dominated by the disjoint sum of it and a singleton (acts finite under successor)

V-finite -- it is either empty or strictly dominated by the disjoint sum of it with itself (acts finite under addition)

VI-finite -- it is either empty, a singleton or strictly dominated by the Cartesian product of it with itself (acts finite under multiplication)

VII-finite -- it cannot be infinitely well-ordered (not equiinumerous with the ordinal ω or any larger ordinal)

De vereniging Vrienden van het Keuzeaxioma verdient wat meer bekendheid. Het blaadje van vandaag in de wiskundescheurkalender van #NewScientist. #axiomofchoice

Foundations of mathematics: I'd be curious to know, in some detail, which topics in present-day undergraduate mathematics (in a scientific study programme) would have to be eliminated or drastically changed if one didn't want to use theorems that need the axiom of choice or the continuum hypothesis. Can anyone suggest works that discuss this? **Preferably works that examine this matter in a neutral, rational, non-sensationalistic way.**

Thank you!

#mathematics #axiomofchoice #continuumhypothesis #foundationsofmathematics

Yet another academic paper that dives into the rabbit hole of Zermelo’s "Axiom of Choice" 🐇🎩, as if it was the Da Vinci Code of set theory. 😴🔍 100 years and counting, and we're still trying to decipher what the heck the problem was—spoiler alert, it's probably just a bunch of mathematicians arguing over who gets the last slice of infinity pie. 🍰♾️
https://research.mietek.io/mi.MartinLof2006.html #AxiomOfChoice #SetTheory #InfinityPie #MathHumor #AcademicPapers #HackerNews #ngated
P. Martin-Löf (2006) 100 years of Zermelo’s axiom of choice: What was the problem with it? — Machine Intuitionist

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I think, for the first time, I ran organically into a situation where the Axiom of Choice helped me reason through a mathematical quandary. Shout-out to my math acquaintances to help check my reasoning.

So here's the question: can you choose a random real number? More formally: on what basis do we logically conclude that every real number is a viable candidate for random selection if you are selecting a random real number?

The reason this is even a question is that the definable reals are a subset of the real numbers; not every real number can even be named using a finite description. So the question arises: can you pick a number you can't even name?

And unless I've missed something, I think the Axiom of Choice says "yes." Real numbers can be described with an infinite sequence of digits (before and after the decimal), each digit is chosen from the finite set 0-9, we accept without chasing the evidentiary chain that you can randomly choose one element from a 10-element set, and the Axiom of Choice asserts you can therefore construct a real number's representation (an infinite set) by choosing a random element from every 0-9 option in both directions (two infinite sets).

This works, yeah?

#math #AxiomOfChoice

The Man Who Almost Broke Math (And Himself...) - Axiom of Choice

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