Power Sets of Equinumerous Sets are Equinumerous

Theorem
Let $x$ and $y$ be sets such that $x \sim y$.

Then:


 * $\powerset x \sim \powerset y$

Proof 1
Let $f: x \to y$ be a bijection.

Let $F$ send each $z \in \powerset x \mapsto \Img z$ where $\Img z$ denotes the image of the subset $z$ under $f$.

It follows that $F$ is a mapping whose domain is $\powerset x$.

Moreover, the image of $F$ is the collection of all images of $z$.

Each image is a subset of $y$ and thus:


 * $F: \powerset x \to \powerset y$

Suppose that $\map F a = \map F b$.

Then if $z \in a$ then $\map f z \in \map F a$.

But then, $\map f z = \map f w$ for some $w \in y$.

Thus, $z = w$ and $w \in y$.

Therefore, $z = y$ and $F$ is injective.

Suppose that $a \in \powerset y$.

Let $b$ be the preimage of $a$ with respect to the $f$ mapping.

It follows that $b$ is a subset of $x$.

We have:
 * $\map F b = a$

and so $a$ is in the image of $F$.

Generalizing for all $a \in \powerset y$, it follows that:


 * $F: \powerset x \to \powerset y$ is a bijection.

Proof using covariant power set functor
Let $\PP$ denote the covariant power set functor.

Let $f: x \to y$ be a bijection.

By Covariant Functors Preserve Isomorphisms, $\map \PP f: \powerset x \to \powerset y$ is a bijection.

Proof using contravariant power set functor
Let $\overline \PP$ denote the contravariant power set functor.

Let $f: x \to y$ be a bijection.

By Contravariant Functors Preserve Isomorphisms, $\map {\overline \PP} f : \powerset y \to \powerset x$ is a bijection.