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Past exam of the year 1 of the computer science course of the University of Oxford 2019 Discrete mathematics, continuous mathematics, and probability resit 1 c ii Solution by
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For each , surjectivity makes the fiber of a function nonempty. Choose one element of each such fiber of a function and define . Then for every , proving . For arbitrary sets, the simultaneous selection invokes the usual axiom of choice; this is the right-inverse characterization of the axiom of choice. For finite only finitely many choices are needed. If is empty, the unique empty function gives the same conclusion.
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