Let B be a set with operation We say That 6 satisties Axiom
Solution
Ans-
Two non-empty sets A and B are equinumerous if there exists a bijection f : A 7!
 B: We write A B:
 Equinumerosity satis es three properties we know well:
 - re
 exivity: A A for all sets A, as the identity IA : A 7! A is an injection.
 - symmetry: A B =) B A for all sets A and B, as for any bijection f : A 7! B its
 inverse f
 1
 : B 7! A is also a bijection.
 - transitivity: A B ^ B C =) A C for all sets A, B and C, as for any bijections
 f : A 7! B and g : B 7! C their composition g f : A 7! C is also a bijection.
 Note that equinumerosity is not an equivalence relation, as there is no set on which it may be
 a relation on. As we have seen equinumerosity is an equivalence relation on any set A.
f : n 7! n with ran(f) =6 n: We prove this is impossible and hence establish the claim by
 contradiction.
 We proceed by induction. Let
 T = fn 2 ! : every injection f : n 7! n has ran(f) = ng:
 We show T is inductive. It follows that T = ! and we are done.
 - 0 2 T : the only function f : 0 7! 0 is f = ;; which satis es ran(f) = ; = 0:
 - n 2 T =) n
 +
 2 T : let f : n
 +
 7! n
 +
 be an injection. we prove that ran(f) = n
 +
 . The key
 is to \\break up\" f into fn [ ffng: There are two cases to consider.
 Case I: n is closed under f, that is f[n] n: Then fn : n 7! n is an injection. By the induction
 hypothesis that n 2 T we get that f[n] = ran(fn) = n:
 Next we note that f(n) 2= n (as f is an injection) and so f(n) can only be n.
 Putting these two observations together yields:
 ran(f) = f[n
 +
 ] = f[n [ fng] = f[n] [ ff(n)g = n [ fng = n
 +
 :
 Case II: n is not closed under f. Then there exists p 2 n such that f(p) = n: As f is an
 injection, f(n) cannot be n and so must equal some p 2 n: We tweak f to produce an injection
 g : n
 +
 7! n
 +
 that has the same range as f and satis es the condition of Case I. We let
 g(x) =
 8
 <>
 :>
 f(x) ; x =6 p; n
 k ; x = p
 n ; x = n
 :
 Then g is an injection and satis es g[n] n: By the above
 n
 +
 = ran(g) = ran(f):
 We now deduce that no nite set is equinumerous to a proper subset of itself


