Cardinality of Set of Induced Equivalence Classes of Surjection

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Theorem

Let $f: S \to T$ be a mapping.

Let $\RR_f \subseteq S \times S$ be the relation induced by $f$:

$\tuple {s_1, s_2} \in \RR_f \iff \map f {s_1} = \map f {s_2}$

Let $f$ be a surjection.


Then there are $\card T$ different $\RR_f$-classes.


Proof

From the definition of a surjection:

$\forall t \in T: \exists s \in S: \map f s = t$

Thus there are as many $\RR_f$-classes of $f$ as there are elements of $T$.

Hence the result.

$\blacksquare$


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