A Rigorous Procedure for Generating a Well-ordered Set of Reals without use of Axiom of Choice/Well-ordering Theorem

Authors

  • Karan Doshi Chemical Engineering, University of Mumbai, Mumbai, India and Chemical Engineering, Texas Tech University, Lubbock, Texas, USA.

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.9734/bpi/ctmcs/v9/3400

Keywords:

Well ordering, reals, ZF theory, axiom of choice, axiom of power set

Abstract

Well-ordering of the Reals presents a major challenge in Set theory. Under the standard Zermelo Fraenkel Set theory  with the Axiom of Choice (ZFC), a well-ordering of the Reals is indeed possible. However the Axiom of Choice (AC) had to be introduced to the original ZF theory which is then shown equivalent to the well-ordering theorem. Despite the result however, no way has still been found of actually constructing a well-ordered Set of Reals. In this paper the author attempts to generate a well ordered Set of Reals without using the  i.e. under  theory itself using the Axiom of the Power Set as the guiding principle.

Published

2021-08-27

How to Cite

Karan Doshi. (2021). A Rigorous Procedure for Generating a Well-ordered Set of Reals without use of Axiom of Choice/Well-ordering Theorem. Current Topics on Mathematics and Computer Science Vol. 9, 1–5. https://doi.org/10.9734/bpi/ctmcs/v9/3400