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Zorn's lemma: old friend or historical relic?

It is often said that instead of proving a great theorem a mathematician's fondest dream is to prove a great lemma. Something like Kőnig's tree lemma, or Yoneda's lemma, or really anything from this …
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Defining negation

I'm currently coauthoring a book intended to teach first-year students basic proof techniques. One of the chapters, written by my coauthor, is about basic logic. In that chapter the negation of a st …
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