Abstract:
We use a countable-support product
of invariant Jensen's forcing notions
to define a model of $\mathbf{ZFC}$ set theory
in which the uniformization principle fails
for some planar $\varPi_2^1$ set all of whose
vertical cross-sections are countable sets
and, more specifically, Vitali classes.
We also define a submodel of that model, in which
there exists a countable $\varPi_2^1$
sequence of Vitali classes $P_n$ whose
union $\bigcup_nP_n$ is not a countable set.
Of course, the axiom of choice fails in this submodel.