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Which of the following statements is true ?
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Which of the following statements is true ?

A.

There are at most countably many continuous maps from R2 to R\R^2\ to\ \R .​

B.

There are at most finitely many continuous surjective maps from R2 to R\R^2 \ to \ \R .​

C.

There are infinitely many continuous injective maps from R2 to R\R^2\ to\ \R .​

D.

There are no continuous bijective maps from R2 to R\R^2\ to\ \R .​

Correct option is D

For any K0 and KR, the function f:R2R given by f(x,y)=Kxis surjective and continuous.Thus, there are uncountable number of surjective functions from R2 to R.Option A and B are incorrect.Now,though cadinality of  R2 and R is same there doesnot exist injective function from  R2 to R.due to lack of order in R2\text{For any } K \neq 0 \text{ and } K \in \mathbb{R},\\ \text{ the function } f : \mathbb{R}^2 \to \mathbb{R} \text{ given by }\\f(x, y) = Kx \quad \text{is surjective and continuous.}\\\text{Thus, there are uncountable number of surjective functions from }\\ \mathbb{R}^2 \text{ to } \mathbb{R}.\\ \therefore\textbf{Option A and B are incorrect}\\.\\Now,\text{though cadinality of }\ \R^2\ and\ \R\ \text{is same } \\ \text{there doesnot exist injective function from } \ \R^2\ to \ \R . \text{due to lack of order in }\R^2 .

Lack of Order in R2\R^2 :R2\mathbb{R}^2

  • R\mathbb{R} is an ordered set (there is a natural linear order: a<ba < ba<b).
  • R2\mathbb{R}^2R2\R^2​ does not have a natural linear order, which means any attempt to map R2\mathbb{R}^2mmmmmR2\R^2​ to R\mathbb{R}R\R
  • ​ while preserving the topology will fail to be injective, as it would require collapsing multiple 2D points onto a single 1D point.  

So, there is no bijection between R2 and R\textbf{So, there is no bijection between } \R^2 \ and\ \R .

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