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@@ -126,7 +126,9 @@ $A$ is countable, $n\in \mathbb{N}$,
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$\implies A^n=\{(a_{1},...,a_{n}):a_1\in A, a_n\in A\}$, is countable.
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Proof: Induct on $n$,
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Proof:
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Induct on $n$,
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Base case $n=1$,
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@@ -136,14 +138,20 @@ Induction step: suppose $A^{n-1}$ is countable. Note $A^n=\{(b,a):b\in A^{n-1},a
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Since $b$ is fixed, so this is in 1-1 correspondence with $A$, so it's countable by Theorem 2.12.
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QED
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#### Theorem 2.14
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Let $A$ be the set of all sequences for 0s and 1s. Then $A$ is uncountable.
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Proof: Let $E\subset A$ be a countable subset. We'll show $A\backslash E\neq \phi$ (i.e.$\exists t\in A$ such that $t\notin E$)
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Proof:
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Let $E\subset A$ be a countable subset. We'll show $A\backslash E\neq \phi$ (i.e.$\exists t\in A$ such that $t\notin E$)
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$E$ is countable so we can list it's elements $S_1,S_2,S_3,...$.
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Then we define a new sequence $t$ which differs from $S_1$'s first bit and $S_2$'s second bit,...
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This is called Cantor's diagonal argument.
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QED
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