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What are the three properties that an equivalence relation must satisfy?
What are the three properties that an equivalence relation must satisfy?
- Reflexive, antisymmetric, and transitive
- Reflexive, symmetric, and transitive (correct)
- Symmetric, transitive, and antisymmetric
- Reflexive, symmetric, and antisymmetric
Which of the following is an example of an equivalence relation?
Which of the following is an example of an equivalence relation?
- Equality of numbers (correct)
- Inequality of numbers
- Addition of numbers
- Subtraction of numbers
What does an equivalence relation provide for the underlying set?
What does an equivalence relation provide for the underlying set?
- No partitioning
- A partition into overlapping equivalence classes
- A partition into disjoint equivalence classes (correct)
- A single equivalence class
Which notation is commonly used to denote equivalence of elements a and b with respect to an equivalence relation R?
Which notation is commonly used to denote equivalence of elements a and b with respect to an equivalence relation R?
What is the equipollence relation between line segments in geometry an example of?
What is the equipollence relation between line segments in geometry an example of?
What is the domain of a function?
What is the domain of a function?
How is a function most often denoted?
How is a function most often denoted?
What does the notation f(x) represent?
What does the notation f(x) represent?
When was the concept of a function formalized in terms of set theory?
When was the concept of a function formalized in terms of set theory?
What was historically the idealization of how a varying quantity depends on another quantity?
What was historically the idealization of how a varying quantity depends on another quantity?