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Distributivity and an axiom of choice

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  12 March 2014

George E. Collins*
Affiliation:
The State University of Iowa, Iowa City, Iowa Cornell University, Ithaca, N.Y.

Extract

In this paper a theorem will be established which states that a particular axiom of choice is equivalent to complete distributivity of union and intersection. The theorem will be formulated and proved in the system of logic of [4]. In addition to definitions of [4], the following will be used.

In terms of these definitions, the theorem can be formulated as follows.

The dual of this statement, obtained by interchanging I and U, is also a theorem and has a similar proof.

Type
Research Article
Copyright
Copyright © Association for Symbolic Logic 1954

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