Monday, 29 June 2015

Cauchy functional equation with non choice



Assume ZF+ not AC. Then how many solutions are there for Cauchy functional equation?



Thank you


Answer




The answer is undecidable. We know it could be 20 and it could be 220. I am unaware of results that it could be an intermediate cardinality, though.



It is true that there are always the continuous ones (and there are 20 of those), but it is consistent that there are only the continuous ones. For example in Solovay's model or in Shelah's model of ZF+DC+BP (the last one denotes "all sets of reals have the Baire property").



Assuming only that the axiom of choice fails is not enough to conclude in what manner it fails, and whether or not the real numbers are even well-orderable or not.



It is consistent that the axiom of choice fails and the real numbers are well-orderable, in which case the usual proof as if the axiom of choice holds shows that there are 220 solutions.


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