This result surprised [[mathematician]]s everywhere. The Well-Ordering Theorem is equivalent of the [[Axiom of Choice]], and no well-ordering relation has ever been explicitly constructed for [[uncountable set]]s. Thus, the mathematicians who reject the Axiom of Choice also reject this theorem. | This result surprised [[mathematician]]s everywhere. The Well-Ordering Theorem is equivalent of the [[Axiom of Choice]], and no well-ordering relation has ever been explicitly constructed for [[uncountable set]]s. Thus, the mathematicians who reject the Axiom of Choice also reject this theorem. |