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Question 12: If set A and set B are bijective and set C and set D are bijective too, State whether there exist a bijection between AC + BD or not

  1. Yes
  2. No
  3. Data insufficient
  4. Cannot be determined

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Explanatory Answer

Method of solving this CAT Question from Set theory: How bijective functions are defined?

\\frac{A}{Q}\\) the functions f:A → B and g:C → D are bijections
Then g-1 must exist .
Then for a function h∈ Ac we may define a function T: AC → BBD by T(h) = f ∘ h ∘ g-1 . That is , for d ∈ D, T(h)(d) = f(h(g-1(d)))
Since g-1:D→C, the expression g-1(d) must exist

Now,
As h:C → A and g-1(d) ∈ C then the expression h(g-1(d)) must exist
Again, As h(g-1(d)) ∈ A and f:A → B, the expression f(h(g-1(d))) must exist

Now it only remains to prove that R(h) = f ∘ h ∘ g-1 is a bijection.
To do so, we need to simply provide an inverse.

Now T ∘ R(h) = f ∘ (f-1 ∘ h ∘ g) ∘ g-1
= (f ∘ f-1) ∘ h ∘ (g ∘ g-1 )
= idB ∘ h ∘ idD
= h
Therefore R:h → f-1 ∘ h ∘ g exists and is an inverse to T
Hence there exists a bijection between AC + BD

The question is "If set A and set B are bijective and set C and set D are bijective too, State whether there exist a bijection between AC + BD or not"

Hence, the answer is "Yes".

Choice A is the correct answer.



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