We have the following indirect implication of form equivalence classes:
			
| Implication | Reference | 
|---|---|
| 109 \(\Rightarrow\) 66 | clear | 
| 66 \(\Rightarrow\) 67 | Existence of a basis implies the axiom of choice, Blass,  A. 1984a, Contemporary Mathematics | 
| 67 \(\Rightarrow\) 52 | Independence of the prime ideal theorem from the Hahn  Banach theorem, Pincus,  D. 1972b, Bull. Amer. Math. Soc. | 
| 52 \(\Rightarrow\) 142 | The strength of the Hahn-Banach theorem, Pincus,  D. 1972c, Lecture Notes in Mathematics | 
| 142 \(\Rightarrow\) 280 | clear | 
Here are the links and statements of the form equivalence classes referenced above:
| Howard-Rubin Number | Statement | 
|---|---|
| 109: | Every field \(F\) and every vector space \(V\) over \(F\) has the property that each linearly independent set \(A\subseteq V\) can be extended to a basis. H.Rubin/J.~Rubin [1985], pp 119ff. | 
| 66: | Every vector space over a field has a basis. | 
| 67: | \(MC(\infty,\infty)\) \((MC)\), The Axiom of Multiple Choice: For every set \(M\) of non-empty sets there is a function \(f\) such that \((\forall x\in M)(\emptyset\neq f(x)\subseteq x\) and \(f(x)\) is finite). | 
| 52: | Hahn-Banach Theorem: If \(V\) is a real vector space and \(p: V \rightarrow {\Bbb R}\) satisfies \(p(x+y) \le p(x) + p(y)\) and \((\forall t > 0)( p(tx) = tp(x) )\) and \(S\) is a subspace of \(V\) and \(f:S \rightarrow {\Bbb R}\) is linear and satisfies \((\forall x \in S)( f(x) \le p(x) )\) then \(f\) can be extended to \(f^{*} : V \rightarrow {\Bbb R}\) such that \(f^{*}\) is linear and \((\forall x \in V)(f^{*}(x) \le p(x))\). | 
| 142: | \(\neg PB\): There is a set of reals without the property of Baire. Jech [1973b], p. 7. | 
| 280: | There is a complete separable metric space with a subset which does not have the Baire property. | 
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