Partition principles and infinite sums of cardinal numbers (Q1906673)

The author investigates weak forms of the axiom of choice (AC) which are related to the partition principle. (PP: The injective and the surjective orderings of cardinals coincide.) For example, there is a weakening of PP which is equivalent to ACW (choice for well-ordered families of sets.) It is still unknown, if PP is equivalent to AC. An interesting contribution towards this problem is the following Theorem 3.6: PP follows from the assertion that the cardinality of a sum of a family of cardinals does not depend on the chosen representatives.