Math and science::Analysis::Tao::08. Infinite sets
Count all the things (countability propositions)
A number of propositions related to countable sets:
- All subsets of the natural numbers are at most countable.
- Let
be a set, and let be a function. Then the image is at most countable. - Let
be a countable set, and let be a function. Then is at most countable. - Let
and be countable sets. Then is a countable set. - The integers
are countable. - The set
is countable. - The set
is countable. - The rationals
are countable. - The set of all functions from
to is countable. - The set of all functions from
to is uncountable, representing an arbitrary binary string.
Maybe some of these should be split up and their proofs outlined.
Once we have a bijection from to , we can have a bijection to the rationals, which are defined as a pairing of two numbers to make a quotient.
