Science:Math Exam Resources/Courses/MATH220/December 2010/Question 04 (c)
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Question 04 (c) |
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Let : and be functions so that is an injection. Prove or disprove that the composition must be injective. |
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Check out part (b) and it might give you a hint for this problem. Keep in mind also that we can use the proof from part (a) to show that if is injective, then must be injective. Thus, perhaps part (b) can help in this regard in finding a counter example. |
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Please rate my easiness! It's quick and helps everyone guide their studies. We use a similar counterexample as in part (b) Let , , be the function sending 1 to 2 and let be the function sending all of B to 1. Then is the function sending 1 to itself, and hence injective. However is not injective since it sends both 2 and 3 to the element 2. This completes the counterexample. |