Re:What is the Axiom of Choice?
by thethimble on Friday July 16, 2021 @10:29AM
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Ah this is super helpful. I’m here stuck thinking “just pick any element at random”. Needing to have deterministically consistent pickings from infinite sets makes the problem clear and much more interesting.
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Re:What is the Axiom of Choice?
by shadowgovt on Friday July 16, 2021 @10:32AM
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I think that's why the "infinite socks vs. infinite shoes" are mentioned---because the socks are equivalent so you can't tell by the 'label' which one you grabbed.