Paper 4, Section II, 7E7 \mathrm{E}

Numbers and Sets | Part IA, 2019

(a) Let f:X→Yf: X \rightarrow Y be a function. Show that the following statements are equivalent.

(i) ff is injective.

(ii) For every subset A⊂XA \subset X we have f−1(f(A))=Af^{-1}(f(A))=A.

(iii) For every pair of subsets A,B⊂XA, B \subset X we have f(A∩B)=f(A)∩f(B)f(A \cap B)=f(A) \cap f(B).

(b) Let f:X→Xf: X \rightarrow X be an injection. Show that X=A∪BX=A \cup B for some subsets A,B⊂XA, B \subset X such that

⋂n=1∞fn(A)=∅ and f(B)=B\bigcap_{n=1}^{\infty} f^{n}(A)=\emptyset \quad \text { and } \quad f(B)=B

[Here fnf^{n} denotes the nn-fold composite of ff with itself.]

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