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Question 03 (a)
Define what it means for two sets A and B to have the same cardinality.

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Hint
An example is not a definition. But it sure helps to have some examples and counter-examples to understand what you are trying to define.

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Solution

Found a typo? Is this solution unclear? Let us know here. Please rate my easiness! It's quick and helps everyone guide their studies. Two sets A and B are said to have the same cardinality if there exists a bijection from one set to the other. More precisely, that means there must exist at least one function ƒ: A → B such that the function is injective and surjective; that is, for each element a of the set A there exists a unique element b in the set B such that ƒ(a) = b (that condition is the injectivity) AND for each element b of the B there exists a unique element a in the set A such that ƒ(a) = b (and this is the condition for surjectivity).

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