Paper 3, Section II, I

Logic and Set Theory | Part II, 2015

(i) State and prove Zorn's Lemma. [You may assume Hartogs' Lemma.] Where in your proof have you made use of the Axiom of Choice?

(ii) Let << be a partial ordering on a set XX. Prove carefully that << may be extended to a total ordering of XX.

What does it mean to say that << is well-founded?

If << has an extension that is a well-ordering, must << be well-founded? If << is well-founded, must every total ordering extending it be a well-ordering? Justify your answers.

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