CSE 173: Discrete Mathematics

Homework 2: Relation
Due on Saturday: 09-03-2024 (class time)
Submission: Scanned handwritten sheets as pdf
(Write id, name and section on the top sheet)

Let R be the relation on the set {0, 1, 2, 3} containing the ordered pairs (0, 1), (1, 1), (1, 2),
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(2, 0), (2, 2), and (3, 0). Find the
a) reflexive closure of R.
b) symmetric closure of R.

Find the transitive closures of these relations on {1, 2, 3, 4}.

2.
a) {(1, 2), (2,1), (2,3), (3,4), (4,1)}
b) {(2, 1), (2,3), (3,1), (3,4), (4,1), (4, 3)}
c) {(1, 2), (1,3), (1,4), (2,3), (2,4), (3, 4)}
d) {(1, 1), (1,4), (2,1), (2,3), (3,1), (3, 2), (3,4), (4, 2)}

Find the smallest relation containing the relation {(1, 2), (1, 4), (3, 3), (4, 1)} that is
3.
a) reflexive and transitive.
b) symmetric and transitive.
c) reflexive, symmetric, and transitive.

Which of these relations on {0, 1, 2, 3} are equivalence relations? Determine the properties of
4.
an equivalence relation that the others lack.
a) {(0, 0), (1, 1), (2, 2), (3, 3)}
b) {(0, 0), (0, 2), (2, 0), (2, 2), (2, 3), (3, 2), (3, 3)}
c) {(0, 0), (1, 1), (1, 2), (2, 1), (2, 2), (3, 3)}
d) {(0, 0), (1, 1), (1, 3), (2, 2), (2, 3), (3, 1), (3, 2),(3, 3)}
e) {(0, 0), (0, 1), (0, 2), (1, 0), (1, 1), (1, 2), (2, 0),(2, 2), (3, 3)}

Which relation on the set {1, 2, 3, 4} is an equivalence relation and contain {(1, 2), (2, 3), (2,
5.
4), (3, 1)}.

Find the transitive closures of the relation {(1, 1), (1,4), (2,1), (2,3), (3,1), (3, 2), (3,4), (4, 2)}
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on the set {1, 2, 3, 4}.

Let R be the relation on the set {1, 2, 3, 4, 5} containing the ordered pairs (1, 1), (1, 2), (1, 3),
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(2, 3), (2, 4), (3, 1), (3, 4), (3, 5), (4, 2), (4, 5), (5, 1), (5, 2), and (5, 4).

Find a) R3 b) R4

Which of these relations on the set of all people are equivalence relations? Determine the
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properties of an equivalence relation that the others lack.
a) {(a, b) | a and b are the same age}
b) {(a, b) | a and b have the same parents}
c) {(a, b) | a and b speak a common language}

9. Let A = {1,2,3}, B = {0,1,2} and C = {a,b}. R = {(1,0), (2,1), (3,1),(3,2)} and S =

{(0,b),(1,a),(2,b)}. Find SoR.

10. Find the transitive closures of these relations R= {(1, 2), (2,1), (2,3), (3,4), (4,1)} on {1, 2, 3,
4}.

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