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From: ljdickey@watmath.UUCP
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Subject: re Axiom of Choice
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Date: Wed, 12-Oct-83 11:55:37 EDT
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(re-submission)

If one wants meaning from mathematics, one has to question the
consequences of various axioms.  when something so seemingly
simple as the axiom of choice, leads to results like the
Banach-Tarski Paradax, one realizes how important it is to be
careful about which axioms one admits to their system.

I, for one, find the Axiom of Choice and its consequences 
amusing, but find no value in any results that rely on them.
-- 
  Lee Dickey, University of Waterloo.  (ljdickey@watmath.UUCP)
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