Lewin, Jonathan A simple proof of Zorn’s lemma. (English) Zbl 0749.04002 Am. Math. Mon. 98, No. 4, 353-354 (1991). The author gives a proof of the Hausdorff maximal principle. The basic idea of his argument can be traced back to J. D. Weston [Arch. Math. 8, 279 (1957; Zbl 0080.03702)]. Reviewer: Norbert Brunner (Wien) Cited in 1 Document MSC: 03E25 Axiom of choice and related propositions 03-01 Introductory exposition (textbooks, tutorial papers, etc.) pertaining to mathematical logic and foundations Keywords:Hausdorff maximal principle Citations:Zbl 0080.03702 PDF BibTeX XML Cite \textit{J. Lewin}, Am. Math. Mon. 98, No. 4, 353--354 (1991; Zbl 0749.04002) Full Text: DOI Link OpenURL