Wednesday, 19 September 2018

elementary set theory - Do two injective functions prove bijection?



I'm trying to prove $|A| = |B|$, and I have two injective functions $f:A \to B$ and $g:B \to A$. Is this enough proof for a bijection, which would prove $|A| = |B|$? It seems logical that it is, but I can't find a definitive answer on this.




All I found is this yahoo answer:




One useful tool for proving that two sets admit a bijection between
them is a theorem which says that if there is an injective function $f: A \to B$ and an injective function $g: B \to A$ then there is a bijective
function $h: A \to B$. The theorem doesn't really tell you how to find $h$,
but it does prove that $h$ exists. The theorem has a name, but I forget
what it is.





But he doesn't name the theorem name and the yahoo answers are often unreliable so I don't dare to base my proof on just this quote.


Answer



Yes this is true, it is called Cantor–Bernstein–Schroeder theorem.


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