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Let
▼and
◆be sets. A binary relation from
▼to
◆is a subset
- f
. If
P❘◗ ❙ ❚ ❯❘❱ ❲, we write
◗ ❲ ❚and say
◗is related to
❚by
❲.
▲A relation on the set
▼is a relation from
▼to
▼.
▲A relation
❲- n a set
is called reflexive if
P ◗ ❙ ◗ ❯❘❱ ❲for every element
◗ ❱ ▼.
▲A relation
❲- n a set
is called symmetric if
P ❚ ❙ ◗ ❯❘❱ ❲whenever
P ◗ ❙ ❚ ❯❘❱ ❲, for
◗ ❙ ❚ ❱ ▼.
▲A relation
❲- n a set
such that
P❘◗ ❙ ❚ ❯❘❱ ❲and
P ❚ ❙ ◗ ❯❘❱ ❲- nly if
, for
◗ ❙ ❚ ❱ ▼, is called antisymmetric .
▲A relation
❲- n a set
is called transitive if whenever
P ◗ ❙ ❚ ❯❘❱ ❲and
P ❚ ❙ ❨ ❯❘❱ ❲, then
P ◗ ❙ ❨ ❯❘❱ ❲, for
◗ ❙ ❚ ❱ ▼.
✲✳✴ ✵ ✶ ✷ ✸✹ ✺ ✻ ✼ ✽✾ ✸ ✿ ❀ ❁ ❂❃ ❄ ❅ ✷ ✹ ❃❆ ❂ ❇ ✵ ❈ ❉ ❅ ✳ ✾ ✻ ❅ ✳ ❊ ❋ ✻ ✾ ❩❬ ■ ❭ ❪ ❍ ✆ ✂ ▲ ❲ ❫ ❳ ❴ P ◗ ❙ ❚ ❯❵ ◗ ❛ ❚ ❜ ▲ ❲ ❝ ❳ ❴ P ◗ ❙ ❚ ❯❵ ◗ ❞ ❚ ❜ ▲ ❲ ❡ ❳ ❴ P ◗ ❙ ❚ ❯❵ ◗ ❳ ❚ ❢ ◗ ❳ ❣ ❚ ❜ ▲ ❲ ❤ ❳ ❴ P ◗ ❙ ❚ ❯❵ ◗ ❳ ❚ ❜ ▲ ❲ ✐ ❳ ❴ P ◗ ❙ ❚ ❯❵ ◗ ❳ ❚ ❥ ❦ ❜ ▲ ❲ ❧ ❳ ❴ P ◗ ❙ ❚ ❯❵ ◗ ❥ ❚ ❛ ♠ ❜ ✲✳✴ ✵ ✶ ✷ ✸✹ ✺ ✻ ✼ ✽✾ ✸ ✿ ❀ ❁ ❂❃ ❄ ❅ ✷ ✹ ❃❆ ❂ ❇ ✵ ❈ ❉ ❅ ✳ ✾ ✻ ❅ ✳ ❊ ❋ ✻ ✽ ♥ ❏ ❭ ♦ ✁ ❑ ✁ ❑ ♣- ✆
Let
❲be a relation from a set
▼to a set
◆and
qbe a relation from
◆to a set
r. The composite of
❲and
qis the relation consisting of
- rdered pairs
, where
◗ ❱ ▼ ❙ ❨ ❱ r, and for which there exists an element
❚ ❱ ◆such that
P ◗ ❙ ❚ ❯❘❱ ❲and
P ❚ ❙ ❨ ❯ ❱ q. We denote the composite of
❲and
qby
q s ❲.
▲Let
❲be a relation on the set
▼. The powers
❲✉t,
✈ ❳ ❦ ❙ ✇ ❙ ♠ ❙ ① ① ①, are defined inductively by
❲ ❫ ❳ ❲and
❲②t ③ ❫ ❳ ❲②t s ❲.
▲Theorem : The relation
❲- n a set