From 2b7c5146bc3325c5bc9133c1a40c9b91f026e855 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: ceciliachan1979 <75919064+ceciliachan1979@users.noreply.github.com> Date: Sat, 6 Jan 2024 16:04:59 -0800 Subject: [PATCH] BabyRudin: Solution: Ex02 in Ch02 --- Books/BabyRudin/Chapter02/ex02.cecilia.tex | 22 ++++++++++++++++++++++ 1 file changed, 22 insertions(+) create mode 100644 Books/BabyRudin/Chapter02/ex02.cecilia.tex diff --git a/Books/BabyRudin/Chapter02/ex02.cecilia.tex b/Books/BabyRudin/Chapter02/ex02.cecilia.tex new file mode 100644 index 0000000..2c097ff --- /dev/null +++ b/Books/BabyRudin/Chapter02/ex02.cecilia.tex @@ -0,0 +1,22 @@ +\subsection*{Exercise 02 (Cecilia)} +Define the set $ TP_{ink} $ for integer $ i, n, k $ such that $ 1 \leq i \leq n $ and $ k \ge 1 $ as the set of $ n + 2 $ tuples $ (a_0, a_1, a_2, \dots, a_n, i) $ such that $ |a_0| + |a_1| + \cdots + |a_n| = k $ and $ a_0, a_1, a_2, \dots, a_n \in \mathbb{Z} $. By the hint, these sets are finite. + +Define $ TP_{nk} $ to be $ \bigcup_{i=1}^n TP_{ink} $. Since $ TP_{ink} $ is finite, $ TP_{nk} $ is also finite because it is a finite union of finite sets. + +Define $ TP_k $ to be $ \bigcup_{n=1}^\infty TP_{nk} $. Since $ TP_{nk} $ is finite, $ TP_k $ is countable because it is the disjoint union a sequence of finite sets. (by corollary 2.12) + +Define $ TP $ to be $ \bigcup_{k=1}^\infty TP_k $. Since $ TP_k $ is countable, $ TP $ is countable because it is a sequence of disjoint countable sets (by theorem 2.12) + +So there exists a mapping $ m $ from $ TP $ to $ \mathbb{N} $, which is a bijection. + +We can define a surjective mapping $ f $ (for forward) from $ TP $ to the set of algebraic numbers $ \mathbb{A} $ by mapping each tuple $ (a_0, a_1, a_2, \dots, a_n, i) $ to the ith root of the polynomial $ a_nx^n + \cdots + a_0 $. To define the ith root, we can use the lexicographic ordering for the complex numbers, it doesn't matter that this order is incompatible with the field operations, all we needed is a definition to avoid ambiguity. + +Now we can define a mapping $ b $ (for backward) from $ A $ to $ N $ as follow: + +$ b(a) = min(n) $ such that $ f(n) = a $. + +This definition is well defined because $ f $ is surjective. + +Let $ B $ be the range of $ b $, $ B $ is a subset of $ N $, therefore $ B $ is countable (by theorem 2.8). Consider the restricted mapping $ b' $ from $ A $ to $ B $. $ b' $ is surjective by definition, $ b' $ is injective because $ f(b(a)) = a $ by definition of $ b $, therefore $ b' $ is bijective. + +Since there exists a bijection from $ A $ to $ B $, a countable set, therefore $ A $ is also countable. \ No newline at end of file