Solutions To Mathematics Textbooks/Proofs and Fundamentals/Chapter 5

Section 5.1 edit

Remember the definitions:
Definition 5.3.1 Let   and   be non-empty sets, let   be a relation from   to  , and let  . The relation class of   with respect to  , denoted  , is the set defined by  .
Definition 2.2.1 Let   and   be integers. The number   divides the number   if there is some integer   such that  . If   divides  , we write  , and we say that   is a factor of  , and that   is divisible by  .

5.1.1 edit

  1. Let  , for all  . Then
     , but by the definition of the relation   is   and the only elements that satisfy this property are   and  , since   and therefore  . Analogously, we have to:
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  2. Let  , for all  . Then
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  3. Let  , for all  . Then
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  4. Let  , for all  . Then
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5.1.2 edit

  1. Let   be the relation defined by  .
     . Because  , and therefore  . The geometric description of the relation class are: the  -axis.
     . Because  , and therefore  . The geometric description of the relation class are: the the line whose equation is  .
  2. Let   be the relation defined by  .
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     . Because  . The geometric description of the relation class are the graph of  .
  3. Let   be the relation defined by  .
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5.1.3 edit

Let  . Each of the following subsets of   defines a relation on  . Is each relation reflexive, symmetric and/or transitive?

  1.  . is symmetric only
  2.  . is reflexive only

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