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Axiom of Determinacy vs. Axiom of Choice
ZF Set Theory
Proved by Various 1962
The Axiom of Determinacy (every two-player game of perfect information on integers is determined) contradicts Choice. Both are consistent with ZF; neither is provable from ZF alone.
SIGNIFICANCE
Reveals that foundational axioms present genuine choices about which mathematics we inhabit.
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