Relative Complement Mapping on Powerset is Bijection/Proof 1
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Theorem
Let $S$ be a set.
Let $\complement_S: \powerset S \to \powerset S$ denote the relative complement mapping on the power set of $S$.
Then $\complement_S$ is a bijection.
Thus each $T \subseteq S$ is in one-to-one correspondence with its relative complement.
Proof
From Relative Complement of Relative Complement:
- $\forall X \subseteq S: \relcomp S {\relcomp S X} = X$
That is, $\complement_S$ is an involution.
The result follows from Mapping is Involution iff Bijective and Symmetric.
$\blacksquare$