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Let $$S = (0, 1) \cup (1, 2) \cup (3, 4)$$ and $$T = \{0, 1, 2, 3\}$$. Then which of the following statements is(are) true?
Let $$S = (0,1)\cup(1,2)\cup(3,4)$$ and $$T=\{0,1,2,3\}$$.
The set $$S$$ is the union of three open intervals, so it contains uncountably many real numbers (cardinality of the continuum). The set $$T$$ is finite with $$|T|=4$$.
Option A - “There are infinitely many functions from $$S$$ to $$T$$”.
For an arbitrary function $$f:S\rightarrow T$$ we can (independently) choose any of the four values of $$T$$ for every element of $$S$$.
Hence the total number of such functions is $$4^{|S|}$$.
Since $$|S|$$ is uncountable, $$4^{|S|}$$ is also uncountable, in particular infinite.
Therefore Option A is true.
Option B - “There are infinitely many strictly increasing functions from $$S$$ to $$T$$”.
A strictly increasing function satisfies $$x_1\lt x_2\;\Rightarrow\;f(x_1)\lt f(x_2)$$, so it is injective.
Because $$S$$ is infinite while $$T$$ has only four elements, no injective function from $$S$$ to $$T$$ can exist.
Thus there is not even one (let alone infinitely many) strictly increasing function.
Option B is false.
Option C - “The number of continuous functions from $$S$$ to $$T$$ is at most 120”.
The three components $$(0,1),\,(1,2),\,(3,4)$$ of $$S$$ are connected sets (intervals).
The image of a connected set under a continuous function is also connected.
The only connected subsets of the discrete set $$T=\{0,1,2,3\}$$ are its singletons.
Hence a continuous function $$f:S\rightarrow T$$ must be constant on each of the three intervals:
$$f(x)=a\;\text{on }(0,1),\qquad f(x)=b\;\text{on }(1,2),\qquad f(x)=c\;\text{on }(3,4),$$
where $$a,b,c\in T$$. Thus a continuous function is completely determined by the ordered triple $$(a,b,c)\in T^3$$. The total number of such triples is $$|T|^3 = 4^3 = 64\le 120$$. Therefore Option C is true.
Option D - “Every continuous function from $$S$$ to $$T$$ is differentiable”.
As shown above, every continuous $$f$$ is constant on each open interval.
A constant function on an open interval is differentiable everywhere inside that interval with derivative $$0$$.
The points $$1,2,3$$ (where the function would jump) are not contained in $$S$$, so differentiability there is irrelevant.
Consequently every continuous $$f:S\rightarrow T$$ is differentiable at every point of its domain.
Option D is true.
Hence the correct statements are:
Option A, Option C, Option D.
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