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Ankit Mishra
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Homework Statement
Why is R\Q not countably infinate or denumerable? Given R (Real Number) is not countably infinate or denumerable and Q (rational number) is denumerable.
Homework Equations
A set is said to be denumberable or countably infinate if there exists a bijestion of N (natural Number) onto S.
The Attempt at a Solution
Let Q be a subset of R and Let S be R-Q, which is denumerable. Via the defn there exists a bijection but R-Q is not bijective R-Q is the set of Real Numbers which is already not denumerable. I showed this to my prof and he said its not correct. He said to use Q u (R-Q)=R, we know Q is denumerable and R not to be denumerable use this to show R-Q is not denumerable? HOW!