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Countability of every finite-dimensional integer lattice
Statement
For every positive integer , the integer lattice is at most countable. Countability here means finite or in bijection with , as in Finite, countably infinite, countable, uncountable.
Facts & Assumptions
Given: The usual set of signed integers, the von Neumann natural numbers , and a fixed finite .
A set is at most countable when it is finite or equinumerous with (Finite, countably infinite, countable, uncountable).
A nonempty set is at most countable if a surjection from onto it exists (A nonempty set is at most countable iff it is a surjective image of ). This criterion uses no choice principle.
Every finite Cartesian power of an at most countable set is at most countable (Every finite power of an at most countable set is at most countable).
The integers are the quotient of by iff , and the quotient map is surjective (The integers as equivalence classes of pairs of naturals).
Proof
Given: and .
The identity map shows that is at most countable by [F1], so [F3] gives that is at most countable. This product is nonempty, so [F2] supplies a surjection . By [F4], the quotient map is surjective; hence is a surjection.
The surjection in step 1.1 makes nonempty, and [F2] then shows that is at most countable in the sense of [F1].
Since is finite and positive, [F3] with and gives that is at most countable.