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    Injective map from $\mathbb{Z}_+$ to $X^{\omega}$ without choice

    E-MUN-9-1

    Area
    Topology
    Topics
    Infinite Sets and the Axiom of Choice
    Status
    draft

    Define an injective map \(f: \mathbb{Z}_+ \to X^\omega\), where \(X\) is the two-element set \(\{0, 1\}\), without using the choice axiom.

    Solution

    For \(n\in\mathbb Z_+\), define \[ f(n)=(\underbrace{1,\ldots,1}_{n\text{ entries}},0,0,\ldots)\in X^\omega. \] If \(m<n\), then the \(n\)-th coordinate of \(f(m)\) is \(0\), whereas the \(n\)-th coordinate of \(f(n)\) is \(1\). Hence \(f(m)\ne f(n)\), so \(f\) is injective.

    The construction is explicit and makes no choices from an arbitrary family of sets, so no form of the axiom of choice is used.