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#1 2006-06-06 02:27:51

Prakash Panneer
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Registered: 2006-06-01
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Please help me.

If R = {(1, 1), (2, 2), (1, 2), (2, 1), (3, 3)} and S = {(1, 1), (2, 2), (2, 3), (3, 2),
(3, 3)} are two relations in the set X = {1, 2, 3}, the incorrect statement is:
(A) R and S are both equivalence relations
(B) R∩S is an equivalence relations
(C)R^(-1)∩S^(-1) is an equivalence relations
(D) R∪ S is an equivalence relations



With Regarks,
Prakash Panneer

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#2 2006-06-06 05:58:27

Ricky
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Re: Please help me.

I take it these are permutations and not ordered pairs.  For example, R goes from 1 to 1, and 1 to 2, and so on.

To check if they are equivalence relations, you need to check:

a. Every number is related to itself
b. If a is related to b, then b is related to a.
c. If a is related to b, and b is related to c, then a is related to c.

For R and S, these are fairly easy to check.

R∩S = {(1, 1), (2, 2), (3, 3)} which is an equivalence relation

R^(-1)∩S^(-1)

R^(-1) = {(1, 1), (2, 2), (2, 1), (1, 2), (3, 3)}
S^(-1) = {(1, 1), (2, 2), (3, 2), (2, 3), (3, 3)}

Which should look familar.

So that means we are left with D.  Determine why D can't be an equivalence relation.


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#3 2006-06-07 02:11:38

Prakash Panneer
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Re: Please help me.

:-)    Many thanks for your help Ricky   :-)


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