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Definitions of compactness and the axiom of choice

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  12 March 2014

Omar De La Cruz ,
Eric Hall ,
Paul Howard ,
Jean E. Rubin  and
Adrienne Stanley
Omar De La Cruz
Affiliation:
Mathematics Department, Purdue University, West Lafayette, IN 47907, USA, E-mail: odlc@math.purdue.edu
Eric Hall
Affiliation:
Mathematics Department, Purdue University, West Lafayette, IN 47907, USA, E-mail: ericeric@math.purdue.edu
Paul Howard
Affiliation:
Mathematics Department, Eastern Michigan University, Yipsilanti, MI 48197, USA, E-mail: phoward@emunix.emich.edu
Jean E. Rubin
Affiliation:
Mathematics Department, Purdue University, West Lafayette, IN 47907, USA, E-mail: jer@math.purdue.edu
Adrienne Stanley
Affiliation:
Mathematics Department, University of Northern Iowa, Cedar Falls, IA 50614, USA, E-mail: stanley@cns.uni.edu
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Abstract

We study the relationships between definitions of compactness in topological spaces and the roll the axiom of choice plays in these relationships.

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Research Article
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The Journal of Symbolic Logic , Volume 67 , Issue 1 , March 2002 , pp. 143 - 161
Copyright
Copyright © Association for Symbolic Logic 2002

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