Let A and B be sets, and suppose A is infinite.
Let B be a countably infinite subset of A.
Show that if f:N→B and g:B→N are bijections, then
h:A→A−{f(1)},a↦{a,if a∉Bf(1+g(a)),if a∈B ,
is also a bijection.
I am not really sure how to do this one
Answer
To show injectivity, assume that h(x)=h(y) for some x,y∈A. We want to show that x=y. There are a few cases:
Case 1 (x,y∈B): Then by definition h(x)=x and h(y)=y. So we have x=y.
Case 2 (x,y∉B): Then we have that f(1+g(x))=f(1+g(y)). Since both f,g are invertible, we have that x=y.
Case 3 (x∈B, y∉B): Then h(x)∈B since f(1+g(x))∈B, and h(y)=y∉B. Thus h(x)≠h(y), so this case is impossible.
Case 4 (x∉B, y∈B): As in case 3, this case cannot happen.
So we have that h(x)=h(y)⇒x=y. Thus h is injective.
Now we want to show surjectivity. Let b∈A−f(1). We want to show that there exists an a∈A such that h(a)=b. There are a couple cases:
Case 1 (b∉B): Set a=b. Then h(a)=h(b)=b.
Case 2 (b∈B): Then b=f(n) for some n∈N, since f is bijective. Further, n>1 since b∈A−f(1). We have g(a)=n−1 for some a∈B, since g bijective. Then h(a)=f(n)=b.
Thus h is surjective. Since h is both injective and surjective, it is bijective.
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