The origin of "Zorn's Lemma"

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The paper investigates the claim that "Zorn's Lemma" is not named after its first discoverer, by carefully tracing the origins of several related maximal principles and of the name "Zorn's Lemma." Previously unpublished information supplied by Zorn is included. © 1978.

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Campbell, P. J. (1978). The origin of “Zorn’s Lemma.” Historia Mathematica, 5(1), 77–89. https://doi.org/10.1016/0315-0860(78)90136-2

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