Tommy Jensen
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Daegu, Korea
Registered:
12/6/09
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Re: Bijection Between Complex Numbers and Real Numbers
Posted:
Feb 23, 2012 9:37 PM
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> > Do you have an equally pretty bijection from
> > from (0,1] to |R, which
> > completes the construction?
> > =kluto
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> Let f(x) = (1-2x)/(x*(1-x)), and note that f maps
> the
> open interval (0,1) bijectively to the set of reals.
Or use cot, which seems tailored for this.
> Let g(x) = x provided x is NOT of the form 1/n for n
> a positive integer, and let g(1/n) = 1/(n+1) for any
> positive integer n.
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> Note that g : (0,1] -> (0,1) is a bijection.
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> So the composition f o g gives a bijection between
> (0,1] and the set of reals.
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> Not very "pretty" I admit.
It is a cute application of Hilbert's hotel though.
It is nice, thanx!
=kluto
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