Axiom of choice

cosmos 25th September 2017 at 6:58pm
Set theory

Given a collection A\mathcal{A} of Disjoint nonempty Sets, there exists a set CC consisting of exactly one element from each element of A\mathcal{A}; that is, a set CC such that CC is contained in the union of the elements of A\mathcal{A}, and for each AAA \in \mathcal{A}, the set CAC \cap A contains a single element.

See page 57 of Munkres 2nd ed.

There versions of the axiom which restrict to finite collections