Symbols:Abbreviations/Z/ZFC

Zermelo-Fraenkel Set Theory with the Axiom of Choice

ZFC

An abbreviation for Zermelo-Fraenkel Set Theory with the Axiom of Choice, a system of axiomatic set theory upon which the whole of (at least conventional) mathematics can be based.

Also see

• ZF

Sources

• 1989: Ephraim J. Borowski and Jonathan M. Borwein: Dictionary of Mathematics ... (previous) ... (next): Zermelo-Fraenkel set theory
• 1989: Ephraim J. Borowski and Jonathan M. Borwein: Dictionary of Mathematics ... (previous) ... (next): ZFC
• 2021: Richard Earl and James Nicholson: The Concise Oxford Dictionary of Mathematics (6th ed.) ... (previous) ... (next): ZFC