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Does Arzelà-Ascoli require choice?

Inspired by a recent Math.SE question entitled Where do we need the axiom of choice in Riemannian geometry?, I was thinking of the Arzelà--Ascoli theorem. Let's state a very simple version: ...
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Compact Hausdorff spaces without isolated points in ZF

$S$ is uncountable := $\vert\mathbb{N}\vert<\vert S\vert$ $S$ is noncountable := $\vert S\vert \not\leq \vert\mathbb{N}\vert$ $(X,T)$ is a nice space := $(X,T)$ is a compact Hausdorff space ...
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Does Urysohn's Lemma imply Dependent Choice?

It's widely known$^{1}$ that in the proof of Urysohn's Lemma (UL) one uses the Principle of Dependent Choice (DC). Inspired by the equivalence between DC and Baire's Category Theorem$^{2}$, I'd like ...
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A $\mathsf{ZF}$ example of two Baire spaces whose product is not Baire?

Motivated by this question I'm looking for a pair of Baire topological spaces whose product is not Baire and whose construction does not need the axiom of choice. The example of such spaces I'm ...
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Consistency of a strange (choice-wise) set of reals

Consider a set $X\subseteq \mathbb{R}$ such that $X$ is not separable wrt its subspace topology For all $r\in\mathbb{R}$ there exists a sequence $(x_n)_{n\in\omega} \subset X$ converging to $r$ In a ...
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