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(* Copyright 2005 Milad Niqui                                           *)
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(** We start by some general notions for expressing the bijection *)

Definition identity (A:Set) := fun a:A=> a.Definition compose (A B C:Set) (g:B->C) (f:A->B) := fun a:A=>g(f a).(** What it means to have the same cardinality *)
Definition same_cardinality (A:Set) (B:Set) := {f:A->B & { g:B->A | (forall b,(compose _ _ _ f g) b= (identity B) b)
                                                                /\ forall a,(compose _ _ _ g f) a = (identity A) a}}.(** What it means to be a denumerable *)
Definition is_denumerable A := same_cardinality A nat.

Lemma is_denumerable_transitive:forall A B, is_denumerable A -> same_cardinality B A -> is_denumerable B.