BROWSE ALPHABETICALLY LEVEL:    Elementary    Advanced    Both INCLUDE TOPICS:    Basic Math    Algebra    Analysis    Biography    Calculus    Comp Sci    Discrete    Economics    Foundations    Geometry    Graph Thry    History    Number Thry    Phys Sci    Statistics    Topology    Trigonometry		well-ordered – well-ordering principle well-ordered   A set S with a linear order is called well-ordered if every non-empty subset T of S has a least element under the ordering relation. Cf. well-ordering principle. well-ordering principle   The assertion that every set can be well-ordered. Equivalent to the Axiom of Choice.
		well-ordered – well-ordering principle

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