 Zorn’s Lemma and Some Applications by Keith Conrad

By Keith Conrad.

Online text: kconrad.math.uconn.edu/blurbs/zorn1.pdf

Cited passages: Zorn’s Lemma and Some Applications, §1, p. 4, paragraph on the 1935 introduction to shorten algebraic proofs; Zorn’s Lemma and Some Applications, §4, pp. 18–19, Theorem 4.1 and Corollary 4.2; Zorn’s Lemma and Some Applications, §4, pp. 18–19, chain-union proof of Theorem 4.1 and extension argument of Corollary 4.2.

Additional cited passages: §4, printed p. 19, Corollary 4.2, extension of an independent subset to a basis; printed p. 20, Corollary 4.5 and the rational-basis construction. The inspected notes are undated.