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Example Question #3 : Natural Numbers, Integers, And Real Numbers
What is the correct expression of the relationships between the sets comprised of natural numbers, real numbers, and integers?
The natural numbers are defined as , the integers are defined as , and the real numbers () are defined as the set of all non-complex numbers. As such, is a subset of , and is a subset of .
Example Question #21 : Set Theory
Determine if the following statement is true or false:
Let and be well ordered and order isomorphic sets. If and are also order isomorphic sets, then and are also order isomorphic.
False
True
True
This is a theorem for well ordered sets and the proof is as follows.
First identify what is given in the statement.
1. The sets are onto order isomorphisms
and
2. The goal is to make an onto order isomorphism. Let us call it .
Thus, can be defined as the function,
To show is a well defined, one-to-one, function on since and are one-to-one, the following is performed.
Thus, is one-to-one.
Now to prove in onto if
for some
thus
proving is onto .
Lastly prove ordering.
Thus proving is isomorphic. Therefore the statement is true.
Example Question #22 : Set Theory
Given the set , calculate the cardinality.
Given a set , the cardinality is the number of elements in . This is also written as .
Looking at this particular problem,
Therefore the number of elements in a is,
Example Question #2 : Cardinal Numbers
Given the set , calculate the cardinality.
Given a set , the cardinality is the number of elements in . This is also written as .
Looking at this particular problem,
First, rewrite the set to depict a more accurate description of the space.
Therefore, counting up the number of elements, results in the following cardinality,