The problem:
Construct an explicit bijection f:[0,1]→(0,1], where [0,1] is the closed interval in R and (0,1] is half open.
My Thoughts:
I imagine that I am to use the fact that there is an injection N→[0,1] whose image contains {0} and consider the fact that a set X is infinite iff it contains a proper subset S⊂X with |S|=|X| (because we did something similar in class). I also have a part of proof that we did in class that I believe is supposed to help with this problem; it states the following: Start with an injection g:N→X and then define a set S=F(X) where F is an injective (but NOT surjective) function X→X with F(x)=x if x∉image(g) and f(g(k))=g(2k) if x=g(k)∈image(g). Honestly, I'm having a lot of trouble even following this proof, so I could be wrong. Anyway, any help here would be appreciated. I feel really lost on this one. Thanks!
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