Assignment [Module2]

CSE 208[DMS ][Submission Deadline:21 st Feb ,2021]

Q .1: Define the following : a¿ Identity relation b ¿ Universal relation c ¿ Void relation

Q .2 Let A be a set on integers∧R 1, R 2⊆ A × A where

R 1={(a , b):a<b } and R 2={(a , b):a>b }.
Check whether the following relations satisfy the properties of relations (Write “Yes” or “No”
in the column against each relations)
Note that R 1∪ R 2= {( a , b ) : a<b∨a> b }∧R 1 ∩ R 2=ϕ

Relation Reflexive Symmetric Asymmetric Antisymmetri Transitive

c
R1 no no yes no yes
R2 no no yes no yes
R 1∪ R 2 no yes no no No
R 1∩ R 2 no yes yes yes yes
R1-R2 No no yes no Yes
R2-R1 no no yes no yes

Q.3: Consider a set A with n elements, find the total number of possible relation R (in column
B), if the given relation R as given in Column A.

S. Column A Column B (Total no of possible

No. relations)
2
1. Reflexive 2
n −n

2. Irreflexive 2n2-n
3. Symmetric 2(n2+n)/2
4. Asymmetric 3(n2-n)/2
5. Antisymmetric 2n . 3(n2-n)/2
2 2
6. Either Reflexive or Irreflexive 2n −n +2n −n
7. Both Reflexive and symmetric 2(3n2-n)/2
2
8. Both Reflexive and Antisymmetric n −n
2 .3(n2-n)/2 .2n
2
9. Both Reflexive and Asymmetric 2n −n .3(n2-n)/2
10. Both Irreflexive and symmetric 2(3n2-n)/2
11. Both symmetric and Antisymmetric 2(n2+n)/2 . 3(n2-n)/2 .2n
12. Both symmetric and Asymmetric 2(n2+n)/2 . 3(n2-n)/2
13. Both Antisymmetric and asymmetric 2n . 3n2-n

Q.4: Let S be the relation on the set N of +ve integers, defined by the equation x+3y=13 i.e.
S={(x,y): x+3y=13}. Find the relation S?

Q.5: Find the inverse of the following relations

a) is shorter than b) “is younger than” c) “is child of” d) “is a sibling of”
e) “is parallel to” f) “lies above” g) “is perpendicular to”

Q.6 Consider the following five relations on the set A = {1, 2, 3, 4, 5}:
R1 = {(1, 1), (1, 2), (2,2),(2, 3), (1, 3), (3,3),(4,2),(4, 4),(5,5)}
 R2 = {(1, 1), (1, 2), (2, 1), (2, 2), (3, 3), (4, 4)}
R3 = {(1, 3), (2, 1)}
R4 = Ø, the empty relation
R5 = A X A, the universal relation

Determine which of the relations are

(i) Reflexive (ii) Irreflexive (iii) Symmetric (iv) Asymmetric
(v) Anti-symmetric (vi) Transitive

Q.7 Write Reflexive, Symmetric and transitive closure for the following given relations

Consider A={1,2,3,4 } r(R) s(R) t(R)

R 1={(1,1),( 2,2),(3,3),(3,4)} {(4,4)} {(4,3)} Ø
R 2={(1,2),(2,1) ,(2,3),(3,4) } {(1,1), {(3,2) , {(1,1) , (1,3) ,
(2,2), (4,3)} (2,2) , (2,4) ,
(3,3), (1,4)}
(4,4)}
R 3={(1,2),(3,1) ,(4,3)} {(1,1), {(2,1) , {(3,2) , (4,1) ,
(2,2), (1,3) , (4,2)}
(3,3), (3,4)}
(4,4)}
R3=ϕ {(1,1), Ø Ø
(2,2),
(3,3),
(4,4)}

Q.8: Draw the directed graph of the following relation on a set A={1,2,3,4} and determine
whether the relation is Antisymmetric or transitive or not?
i. R={(1,2)(2,2),(2,4),(3,2),(3,4)(4,1),(4,3)} – not antisymmetric , not transitive
ii. R={(1,1),(2,2),(2,3),(3,2),(4,2),(4,4)(2,4)} – not antisymmetric , yes transitive
iii. R={(3,2),(3,3)(1,3)} – yes antisymmetric , not transitive

Q.10 Let A= {a,b,c,d,e} and let R and S be the relations on A described by

M M

[ ] [ ]
10101 01010
10010 11001
R =¿ 1 0 0 0 0 ¿ S =¿ 1 1 10 0 ¿
00110 01000
10100 01010

Use Warshall’s algorithm to compute the Transitive closure of R ∪S .

Q.12:

Q.13: Consider the following Hasse Diagram and find the following for the given subset B, :

Subset B Minimal Maximal Lower Upper LUB GLB

element Element bound Bound
{a , b , c , d , e , f , g , h} a h a h h a
{b , c , d , e } null null a {f,g,h} null a
{a , b , c } a null a {e,f,g,h} e a
{d , e } null null {a,b} {f,h} f b

Q.14 Determine which of the following Hasse diagram (fig. ‘a’ to fig. ‘g’) represent a lattice?
Give proper reason.
Q.15: Justify which of the following is a Distributive lattice and which one is a complemented
lattice:

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