Problem

Source: Iran 2005

Tags: geometry, group theory, abstract algebra, geometric transformation, Gauss, topology, absolute value



We define a relation between subsets of $\mathbb R ^n$. $A \sim B\Longleftrightarrow$ we can partition $A,B$ in sets $A_1,\dots,A_n$ and $B_1,\dots,B_n$(i.e $\displaystyle A=\bigcup_{i=1} ^n A_i,\ B=\bigcup_{i=1} ^n B_i, A_i\cap A_j=\emptyset,\ B_i\cap B_j=\emptyset$) and $A_i\simeq B_i$. Say the the following sets have the relation $\sim$ or not ? a) Natural numbers and composite numbers. b) Rational numbers and rational numbers with finite digits in base 10. c) $\{x\in\mathbb Q|x<\sqrt 2\}$ and $\{x\in\mathbb Q|x<\sqrt 3\}$ d) $A=\{(x,y)\in\mathbb R^2|x^2+y^2<1\}$ and $A\setminus \{(0,0)\}$