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AD implies countable choice for subsets of Baire space

Statement

In ZF+AD, every sequence (An)nN of nonempty subsets of NN has a sequence (an)n with anAn. This asserts countable choice for Baire reals, not unrestricted dependent choice.

Facts & Assumptions

[A1]

Assume AD as in Axiom of determinacy for natural-number games; it determines every payoff on the full natural-number tree.

Proof

Given: The sequence of nonempty Baire subsets in the statement, in ZF+AD.

1.1

In a natural-number game let I's initial move be n, and let II's successive moves form xNN. Ignore all later I moves. Declare II the winner exactly when xAn, so the complementary condition defines I's payoff as a subset of the full play space. For any particular I strategy its first move is some n; nonemptiness of that single An gives one xAn. Playing its coordinates defeats that strategy regardless of later I moves. Thus no I strategy wins; this argument has made no simultaneous choice from the family.

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2.1

By A1 the game is determined, and step 1.1 excludes I, so fix a winning II strategy τ. For each n simulate the unique play beginning with I's move n and having all later I moves zero, with II following τ. Recursion on length uniquely defines this play, and Replacement over n forms the sequence of its II subsequences an. Since every simulated play follows the winning τ, its II subsequence belongs to An. Hence (an) is the promised selection. This includes n=0 and singleton An without any extra choice. QED.

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