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What is an equivalence class?
What is the relationship between equivalence classes and partitions?
What is a partition of a set S?
What is the characteristic of the partition induced by an equivalence relation R on S?
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What is the relationship between an element in S and an equivalence class?
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What can be used to define an equivalence relation on S?
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What is the relationship between an equivalence relation and a partition of S?
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Study Notes
Equivalence Relations
Equivalence Classes
- An equivalence class is a subset of a set S, where all elements are related to each other by an equivalence relation R.
- If a, b ∈ S, then [a] = [b] if and only if aRb (a is related to b).
- Equivalence classes are also called equivalence sets or classes of equivalence.
- If R is an equivalence relation on S, then the set of all equivalence classes is a partition of S.
- Each element in S belongs to exactly one equivalence class.
Partitioning Sets
- A partition of a set S is a collection of non-empty, disjoint subsets of S, whose union is S.
- An equivalence relation R on S induces a partition of S into equivalence classes.
- Each element in S belongs to exactly one cell of the partition.
- The partition induced by R is unique, and it is the finest partition of S that is compatible with R.
- If P is a partition of S, then there exists an equivalence relation R on S such that P is the partition induced by R.
Note: The concepts of equivalence classes and partitioning sets are closely related. An equivalence relation induces a partition of a set, and a partition of a set can be used to define an equivalence relation.
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Learn about equivalence classes, partitioning sets, and how they are related. Understand the concepts of equivalence relations, disjoint subsets, and finest partitions.
