Constructing a bijection between [0,1]^2 and [0,1] using decimal representation.

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Hi everyone, I've had some troubles to solve some exercices of real analysis.1. Prove that [tex]card( \mathbb{R}^{\mathbb{N}}) = card(\mathbb{R})[/tex].

In this one I have considered that [tex]card(0,1)= card(\mathbb{R})[/tex] and tried to construct a bijection [tex]f: (0,1)\rightarrow \mathbb{R}^{\mathbb{N}}[/tex].2. Construct a bijection between [tex][0,1]^{2}[/tex] and [tex]\mathbb{R}[/tex]

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Hurin said:
Hi everyone, I've had some troubles to solve some exercices of real analysis.


1. Prove that [tex]card( \mathbb{R}^{\mathbb{N}}) = card(\mathbb{R})[/tex].

In this one I have considered that [tex]card(0,1)= card(\mathbb{R})[/tex] and tried to construct a bijection [tex]f: (0,1)\rightarrow \mathbb{R}^{\mathbb{N}}[/tex].

Try to use that

[tex]\mathbb{R}=2^\mathbb{N}[/tex]

and hence

[tex]\mathbb{R}^\mathbb{N}=2^{\mathbb{N}\times \mathbb{N}}[/tex]

2. Construct a bijection between [tex][0,1]^{2}[/tex] and [tex]\mathbb{R}[/tex]

It might be easy to first construct a bijection between [itex][0,1]^2[/itex] and [0,1]. Try to do something with the decimal representation here. Given

[tex]0.x_1x_2x_3...~\text{and}~0.y_1y_2y_3...[/tex]

how could you combine these two numbers??