Description: Define a one-to-one onto
function. For equivalent definitions see
dff1o2 6705, dff1o3 6706, dff1o4 6708, and dff1o5 6709. Compare Definition
6.15(6) of [TakeutiZaring] p. 27.
We use their notation ("1-1" above
the arrow and "onto" below the arrow).
A one-to-one onto function is also called a "bijection" or a
"bijective
function", 𝐹:𝐴–1-1-onto→𝐵 can be read as
"𝐹 is a bijection
between 𝐴 and 𝐵". Bijections are
precisely the isomorphisms in
the category SetCat of sets and set functions,
see setciso 17722.
Therefore, two sets are called "isomorphic" if there is a
bijection
between them. According to isof1oidb 7175, two sets are isomorphic iff
there is an isomorphism Isom regarding the
identity relation. In
this case, the two sets are also "equinumerous", see bren 8701.
(Contributed by NM, 1-Aug-1994.) |