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Drawing conclusions by NOT using AC.

The existence of non-measurable subsets and functions on $\mathbb{R}$ require the use of the axiom of choice. That is, there exist models of ZF in which all subsets of (and hence all functions defined …
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Cardinality of the set of all paths in the infinite complete infinitary tree

Assuming your path has countable length, the set of all paths in a $k$-ary tree will have cardinality $k^{\aleph_0}$. Indeed, at each step you have $k$ choices, and there are $\aleph_0$ steps (think o …
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Ultrafilters containing the image of a filter

Note that the image of a filter on $X$ will be $G$ if and only if it contains the filter consisting of all preimages of ''big'' sets in $Y$. Note also that we can combine two filters $F$ and $F'$ (tha …
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