Injectivity implies surjectivity
In some circumstances, an injective (one-to-one) map is automatically surjective (onto). For example,
Set theory
An injective map between two finite sets with the same cardinality is surjective.
Linear algebra
An injective linear map between two finite dimensional vector spaces of the same dimension is surjective.
General topology
An injective continuous map between two finite dimensional connected compact manifolds of the same dimension is surjective. |