Code:Prove the following statement using induction on n: if A1, . . . ,An are
denumerable sets, then the set of all n-tuples
{(a1, . . . , an} | ai belongs to Ai for i=1, . . . , n} is denumerable
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Code:Prove the following statement using induction on n: if A1, . . . ,An are
denumerable sets, then the set of all n-tuples
{(a1, . . . , an} | ai belongs to Ai for i=1, . . . , n} is denumerable
It would suffice if you just proved it for two sets, as then.
So, you need to show that the Cartesian product of two denumerable sets (infinite, in the interesting case) has the cardinality of. This is equivalent to finding a 1-1 mapping
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There's plenty of those. You try!