Problem Statement:
Let and . Then which of the following statements is(are) true?
(A) There are infinitely many functions from to .
(B) There are infinitely many strictly increasing functions from to .
(C) The number of continuous functions from to is at most 120.
(D) Every continuous function from to is differentiable.
Solution:
Understanding the Sets:
is the union of three open intervals: , , and .
is a finite set with four elements: .
Option (A): There are infinitely many functions from to .
A function assigns to each a value in .
Since is an infinite set (uncountable) and is finite, the number of possible functions is (the cardinality of the continuum), which is uncountably infinite.
Conclusion: True.
Option (B): There are infinitely many strictly increasing functions from to .
A strictly increasing function must satisfy .
Since has only four elements, the range of can have at most four distinct values.
The domain consists of three disjoint intervals. On each interval, can be strictly increasing, but the function must "jump" at the gaps (e.g., between and , and between and ).
The number of strictly increasing functions is limited by the number of ways to assign values from to the intervals while preserving the order. This is finite because is finite.
Conclusion: False. There are only finitely many strictly increasing functions.
Option (C): The number of continuous functions from to is at most 120.
A continuous function must be constant on each connected component of because is discrete (no nontrivial connected subsets).
has three connected components: , , and .
For each component, can take any of the four values in independently.
Thus, the total number of continuous functions is .
Since , the statement is true.
Conclusion: True.
Option (D): Every continuous function from to is differentiable.
As established, continuous functions are constant on each connected component of .
Constant functions are differentiable everywhere on their domain.
However, the question is phrased ambiguously. If "differentiable" is interpreted as "differentiable everywhere on ", then this is true because constant functions are differentiable.
But if "differentiable" includes differentiability at the boundary points (which are not in ), then it's vacuously true since is open.
Conclusion: True (under standard interpretations).
Final Answer:
The correct options are (A), (C), and (D).
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