Fundamentals of Formalisation Level 3: Set Theoretic Relations and Enumerability

post by philip_b (crabman) · 2018-06-09T19:57:20.878Z · LW · GW · 0 comments

Followup to Fundamentals of Formalisation level 2: Basic Set Theory [LW · GW].

The big ideas:

• Ordered Pairs
• Relations
• Functions
• Enumerability
• Diagonalization

To move to the next level you need to be able to:

• Define functions in terms of relations, relations in terms of ordered pairs, and ordered pairs in terms of sets.
• Define what a one-to-one (or injective) and onto (or surjective) function is. A function that is both is called a one-to-one correspondence (or bijective).
• Prove a function is one-to-one and/or onto.
• Explain the difference between an enumerable and a non-enumerable set.

Why this is important:

• Establishing that a function is one-to-one and/or onto will be important in a myriad of circumstances, including proofs that two sets are of the same size, and is needed in establishing (most) isomorphisms.
• Diagonalization is often used to prove non-enumerability of a set and also it sketches out the boundaries of what is logically possible.

You can find the lesson in our ihatestatistics course. Good luck!

P.S. From now on I will posting these announcements instead of Toon Alfrink [LW · GW].

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