Basic Analysis I — Real Analysis · Problem 1.5.6

Real Numbers — Jiri Lebl

Mathematics — Real Analysis · cardinality

Problem

(Challenging) Explicitly construct an injection from [0,1]×[0,1][0,1] \times [0,1] to [0,1][0,1] (think about why this is so surprising). Then describe the set of numbers in [0,1][0,1] not in the image of your injection (unless, of course, you managed to construct a bijection). Hint: Consider even and odd digits of the decimal expansion.

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