How to use Zorn’s lemma by Timothy Gowers 2026-10-13
By Timothy Gowers.
Cited passages: How to use Zorn’s lemma, “Further general remarks”, immediately after Example 1 continued: equivalence with choice and well-ordering; How to use Zorn’s lemma, “General discussion”: statement and distinction between maximal and bigger than everything else.
Timothy Gowers Created 2026-10-13 Updated 2026-10-24
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