Axiom of choice (Q5921025)

This valuable account of the Axiom of Choice is recommended to any mathematics student who wishes to improve his appreciation of this controversial axiom and the role it plays in mathematics. After a thorough and interesting discussion of the axiom itself, the author presents several propositions that are equivalent to the Axiom of Choice. He also exhibits several statements whose proofs require the Axiom of Choice. As always, it is a delight to read the mathematical prose of the author, who is unexcelled as an expositor.