Cantor-Bernstein implies Excluded Middle

MaRDI QIDQ6317469zbMATHFDO

Authors Cécilia Pradic, Chad E. Brown

Publication date 19 April 2019

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Intuitionistic mathematics (03F55)

Abstract: We prove in constructive logic that the statement of the Cantor-Bernstein theorem implies excluded middle. This establishes that the Cantor-Bernstein theorem can only be proven assuming the full power of classical logic. The key ingredient is a theorem of Mart'in Escard'o stating that quantification over a particular subset of the Cantor space

2^{m a t h b b N}

, the so-called one-point compactification of

m a t h b b N

, preserves decidable predicates.

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