Prove that $|omega+omega|=|omegacdotomega|=|omega^omega|=|omega|$
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$|omega+omega|=|omegacdotomega|=|omega^omega|=|omega|$
Does my attempt look fine or contain logical flaws/gaps? Any suggestion is greatly appreciated. Thank you for your help!
My attempt:
We have:
$omega+omega={omega+alphamid alpha<omega}$
$omegacdotomega={omegacdotalpha mid alpha<omega}$
$omega^omega={omega^alpha mid alpha<omega}$
Thus we build bijections $f,g,h$ as follows:
$f:omega to omega+omega$ such that $f(alpha)=omega+alpha$
$g:omega to omegacdotomega$ such that $f(alpha)=omegacdotalpha$
$h:omega to omega^omega$ such that $f(alpha)=omega^alpha$
This completes the proof.
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$|omega+omega|=|omegacdotomega|=|omega^omega|=|omega|$
Does my attempt look fine or contain logical flaws/gaps? Any suggestion is greatly appreciated. Thank you for your help!
My attempt:
We have:
$omega+omega={omega+alphamid alpha<omega}$
$omegacdotomega={omegacdotalpha mid alpha<omega}$
$omega^omega={omega^alpha mid alpha<omega}$
Thus we build bijections $f,g,h$ as follows:
$f:omega to omega+omega$ such that $f(alpha)=omega+alpha$
$g:omega to omegacdotomega$ such that $f(alpha)=omegacdotalpha$
$h:omega to omega^omega$ such that $f(alpha)=omega^alpha$
This completes the proof.
elementary-set-theory ordinals
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These maps are not going to be surjective for the correct definitions..
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– Berci
Dec 1 '18 at 8:51
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You need Zorn's lemma for uncountable sets.
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– GNUSupporter 8964民主女神 地下教會
Dec 1 '18 at 9:06
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@Berci Please be more specific! I am unable to understand "the correct definitions".
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– Le Anh Dung
Dec 1 '18 at 9:46
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Is there some reason you are trying to explicitly construct bijections? You could simply use what you know about cardinals. Two of the equalities are simply sayling that $aleph_0+aleph_0=aleph_0cdotaleph_0=aleph_0$. And the third one follows from the fact that union of countably many countable sets is gains countable.
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– Martin Sleziak
Dec 1 '18 at 10:00
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As previous comment mentioned, what you wrote for $omegacdotomega$ and $omega^omega$ differs from the usual definition of ordinal multiplication and ordinal power. Did you perhaps want to write unions of those sets, i.e., something like $bigcuplimits_{alpha<omega} omegacdotalpha$ and $bigcuplimits_{alpha<omega} omega^alpha$?
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– Martin Sleziak
Dec 1 '18 at 10:03
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show 3 more comments
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$|omega+omega|=|omegacdotomega|=|omega^omega|=|omega|$
Does my attempt look fine or contain logical flaws/gaps? Any suggestion is greatly appreciated. Thank you for your help!
My attempt:
We have:
$omega+omega={omega+alphamid alpha<omega}$
$omegacdotomega={omegacdotalpha mid alpha<omega}$
$omega^omega={omega^alpha mid alpha<omega}$
Thus we build bijections $f,g,h$ as follows:
$f:omega to omega+omega$ such that $f(alpha)=omega+alpha$
$g:omega to omegacdotomega$ such that $f(alpha)=omegacdotalpha$
$h:omega to omega^omega$ such that $f(alpha)=omega^alpha$
This completes the proof.
elementary-set-theory ordinals
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$|omega+omega|=|omegacdotomega|=|omega^omega|=|omega|$
Does my attempt look fine or contain logical flaws/gaps? Any suggestion is greatly appreciated. Thank you for your help!
My attempt:
We have:
$omega+omega={omega+alphamid alpha<omega}$
$omegacdotomega={omegacdotalpha mid alpha<omega}$
$omega^omega={omega^alpha mid alpha<omega}$
Thus we build bijections $f,g,h$ as follows:
$f:omega to omega+omega$ such that $f(alpha)=omega+alpha$
$g:omega to omegacdotomega$ such that $f(alpha)=omegacdotalpha$
$h:omega to omega^omega$ such that $f(alpha)=omega^alpha$
This completes the proof.
elementary-set-theory ordinals
elementary-set-theory ordinals
asked Dec 1 '18 at 8:42
Le Anh DungLe Anh Dung
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These maps are not going to be surjective for the correct definitions..
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– Berci
Dec 1 '18 at 8:51
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You need Zorn's lemma for uncountable sets.
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– GNUSupporter 8964民主女神 地下教會
Dec 1 '18 at 9:06
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@Berci Please be more specific! I am unable to understand "the correct definitions".
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– Le Anh Dung
Dec 1 '18 at 9:46
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Is there some reason you are trying to explicitly construct bijections? You could simply use what you know about cardinals. Two of the equalities are simply sayling that $aleph_0+aleph_0=aleph_0cdotaleph_0=aleph_0$. And the third one follows from the fact that union of countably many countable sets is gains countable.
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– Martin Sleziak
Dec 1 '18 at 10:00
3
$begingroup$
As previous comment mentioned, what you wrote for $omegacdotomega$ and $omega^omega$ differs from the usual definition of ordinal multiplication and ordinal power. Did you perhaps want to write unions of those sets, i.e., something like $bigcuplimits_{alpha<omega} omegacdotalpha$ and $bigcuplimits_{alpha<omega} omega^alpha$?
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– Martin Sleziak
Dec 1 '18 at 10:03
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show 3 more comments
3
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These maps are not going to be surjective for the correct definitions..
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– Berci
Dec 1 '18 at 8:51
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You need Zorn's lemma for uncountable sets.
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– GNUSupporter 8964民主女神 地下教會
Dec 1 '18 at 9:06
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@Berci Please be more specific! I am unable to understand "the correct definitions".
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– Le Anh Dung
Dec 1 '18 at 9:46
$begingroup$
Is there some reason you are trying to explicitly construct bijections? You could simply use what you know about cardinals. Two of the equalities are simply sayling that $aleph_0+aleph_0=aleph_0cdotaleph_0=aleph_0$. And the third one follows from the fact that union of countably many countable sets is gains countable.
$endgroup$
– Martin Sleziak
Dec 1 '18 at 10:00
3
$begingroup$
As previous comment mentioned, what you wrote for $omegacdotomega$ and $omega^omega$ differs from the usual definition of ordinal multiplication and ordinal power. Did you perhaps want to write unions of those sets, i.e., something like $bigcuplimits_{alpha<omega} omegacdotalpha$ and $bigcuplimits_{alpha<omega} omega^alpha$?
$endgroup$
– Martin Sleziak
Dec 1 '18 at 10:03
3
3
$begingroup$
These maps are not going to be surjective for the correct definitions..
$endgroup$
– Berci
Dec 1 '18 at 8:51
$begingroup$
These maps are not going to be surjective for the correct definitions..
$endgroup$
– Berci
Dec 1 '18 at 8:51
$begingroup$
You need Zorn's lemma for uncountable sets.
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– GNUSupporter 8964民主女神 地下教會
Dec 1 '18 at 9:06
$begingroup$
You need Zorn's lemma for uncountable sets.
$endgroup$
– GNUSupporter 8964民主女神 地下教會
Dec 1 '18 at 9:06
$begingroup$
@Berci Please be more specific! I am unable to understand "the correct definitions".
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– Le Anh Dung
Dec 1 '18 at 9:46
$begingroup$
@Berci Please be more specific! I am unable to understand "the correct definitions".
$endgroup$
– Le Anh Dung
Dec 1 '18 at 9:46
$begingroup$
Is there some reason you are trying to explicitly construct bijections? You could simply use what you know about cardinals. Two of the equalities are simply sayling that $aleph_0+aleph_0=aleph_0cdotaleph_0=aleph_0$. And the third one follows from the fact that union of countably many countable sets is gains countable.
$endgroup$
– Martin Sleziak
Dec 1 '18 at 10:00
$begingroup$
Is there some reason you are trying to explicitly construct bijections? You could simply use what you know about cardinals. Two of the equalities are simply sayling that $aleph_0+aleph_0=aleph_0cdotaleph_0=aleph_0$. And the third one follows from the fact that union of countably many countable sets is gains countable.
$endgroup$
– Martin Sleziak
Dec 1 '18 at 10:00
3
3
$begingroup$
As previous comment mentioned, what you wrote for $omegacdotomega$ and $omega^omega$ differs from the usual definition of ordinal multiplication and ordinal power. Did you perhaps want to write unions of those sets, i.e., something like $bigcuplimits_{alpha<omega} omegacdotalpha$ and $bigcuplimits_{alpha<omega} omega^alpha$?
$endgroup$
– Martin Sleziak
Dec 1 '18 at 10:03
$begingroup$
As previous comment mentioned, what you wrote for $omegacdotomega$ and $omega^omega$ differs from the usual definition of ordinal multiplication and ordinal power. Did you perhaps want to write unions of those sets, i.e., something like $bigcuplimits_{alpha<omega} omegacdotalpha$ and $bigcuplimits_{alpha<omega} omega^alpha$?
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– Martin Sleziak
Dec 1 '18 at 10:03
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Since $omega$ × $omega$ equinumerous to N×N, it is countable.
By induction for all n in N, $omega^n$ is countable.
$omega^{omega}$ = sup$_n$ $omega^n$ = $cup_n omega^n$ is a countable union of countable sets equinumerous to N×N, hence countable.
Finally as $omega$ + $omega$ < $omega$ × $omega,$ it too is countable.
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How is this helpful to verify the presented proof?
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– Asaf Karagila♦
Dec 1 '18 at 10:10
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Since $omega$ × $omega$ equinumerous to N×N, it is countable.
By induction for all n in N, $omega^n$ is countable.
$omega^{omega}$ = sup$_n$ $omega^n$ = $cup_n omega^n$ is a countable union of countable sets equinumerous to N×N, hence countable.
Finally as $omega$ + $omega$ < $omega$ × $omega,$ it too is countable.
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How is this helpful to verify the presented proof?
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– Asaf Karagila♦
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Since $omega$ × $omega$ equinumerous to N×N, it is countable.
By induction for all n in N, $omega^n$ is countable.
$omega^{omega}$ = sup$_n$ $omega^n$ = $cup_n omega^n$ is a countable union of countable sets equinumerous to N×N, hence countable.
Finally as $omega$ + $omega$ < $omega$ × $omega,$ it too is countable.
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How is this helpful to verify the presented proof?
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– Asaf Karagila♦
Dec 1 '18 at 10:10
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Since $omega$ × $omega$ equinumerous to N×N, it is countable.
By induction for all n in N, $omega^n$ is countable.
$omega^{omega}$ = sup$_n$ $omega^n$ = $cup_n omega^n$ is a countable union of countable sets equinumerous to N×N, hence countable.
Finally as $omega$ + $omega$ < $omega$ × $omega,$ it too is countable.
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Since $omega$ × $omega$ equinumerous to N×N, it is countable.
By induction for all n in N, $omega^n$ is countable.
$omega^{omega}$ = sup$_n$ $omega^n$ = $cup_n omega^n$ is a countable union of countable sets equinumerous to N×N, hence countable.
Finally as $omega$ + $omega$ < $omega$ × $omega,$ it too is countable.
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How is this helpful to verify the presented proof?
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How is this helpful to verify the presented proof?
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– Asaf Karagila♦
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These maps are not going to be surjective for the correct definitions..
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– Berci
Dec 1 '18 at 8:51
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You need Zorn's lemma for uncountable sets.
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– GNUSupporter 8964民主女神 地下教會
Dec 1 '18 at 9:06
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@Berci Please be more specific! I am unable to understand "the correct definitions".
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– Le Anh Dung
Dec 1 '18 at 9:46
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Is there some reason you are trying to explicitly construct bijections? You could simply use what you know about cardinals. Two of the equalities are simply sayling that $aleph_0+aleph_0=aleph_0cdotaleph_0=aleph_0$. And the third one follows from the fact that union of countably many countable sets is gains countable.
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– Martin Sleziak
Dec 1 '18 at 10:00
3
$begingroup$
As previous comment mentioned, what you wrote for $omegacdotomega$ and $omega^omega$ differs from the usual definition of ordinal multiplication and ordinal power. Did you perhaps want to write unions of those sets, i.e., something like $bigcuplimits_{alpha<omega} omegacdotalpha$ and $bigcuplimits_{alpha<omega} omega^alpha$?
$endgroup$
– Martin Sleziak
Dec 1 '18 at 10:03