Transcendence bases, well-orderings of the reals and the axiom of choice

Abstract

We prove that ZF+DC+"there exists a transcendence basis for the reals"+"there is no well-ordering of the reals" is consistent relative to ZFC. This answers a question of Larson and Zapletal.

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