+ reason: 'There is a bijection $\alpha = (\lambda,\rho) : \IN \to \IN \times \IN$ such that $\lambda$ has a fixed point, but $\rho$ does not (see below). Then the isomorphism $\beta := (\rho,\lambda)$ has the opposite property. There cannot be any morphism $(\IN,\alpha) \to (\IN,\beta)$, as it would map the fixed point of $\lambda$ to a fixed point of $\rho$, and likewise there is no morphism $(\IN,\beta) \to (\IN,\alpha)$.<br> To construct $\alpha$ or rather $\alpha^{-1} : \IN \times \IN \to \IN$, we can alter the standard bijection $(n,m) \mapsto 2^n (2m+1) - 1$ as follows: $$\alpha^{-1}(n,m) = \begin{cases} 2 & (n,m) = (0,0) \\ 0 & (n,m) = (0,1) \\ 2^n (2m+1) - 1 & \text{otherwise} \end{cases}$$ Then $\alpha(0)=(0,1)$, i.e. $\lambda(0)=0$. The function $\rho$ has no fixed point, i.e. $\alpha^{-1}(n,m) \neq m$ for all $n,m$. Namely, if $(n,m)=(0,0)$, then $\alpha^{-1}(n,m)=2 \neq m$. If $(n,m)=(0,1)$, then $\alpha^{-1}(n,m)=0 \neq m$. Otherwise, $$\alpha^{-1}(n,m) = 2^n (2m+1) - 1 \geq (2m+1)-1 = 2m \geq m,$$ and equality can only hold if $m=0$ and $n=0$, which we already excluded.'
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