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Understanding Relations in Discrete Mathematics

Explore different types of relations and concepts such as symmetry, reflexivity, and transitivity in discrete mathematics. Learn how equivalence relations partition the universe and their significance.

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Understanding Relations in Discrete Mathematics

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  1. Peer Instruction in Discrete Mathematics by Cynthia Leeis licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike 4.0 International License.Based on a work at http://peerinstruction4cs.org.Permissions beyond the scope of this license may be available at http://peerinstruction4cs.org. CSE 20 – Discrete Mathematics Dr. Cynthia Bailey Lee Dr. Shachar Lovett

  2. Today’s Topics: • Relations • Equivalence relations

  3. 1. Relations

  4. Relations are graphs • Think of relations as graphs • xRy means “there in an edge xy” • Is • R ? • R ? • Both • Neither

  5. Relations are graphs • What does this relation capture? xRy means • x>y • x=y • x divides y • x+y • None/more than one 2 3 1 4 6 5

  6. Types of relations • A relation is symmetric if xRyyRx. • That is, if the graph is undirected • Which of the following is symmetric • x<y • x divides y • x and y have the same sign • xy • None/more than one

  7. Types of relations • A relation is reflexive if xRx is true for all x • That is, the graph has loops in all vertices • Which of the following is reflexive • x<y • x divides y • x and y have the same sign • xy • None/more than one

  8. Types of relations • A relation is transitive if xRy yRz  xRz • This is less intuitive… will show equivalent criteria soon • Which of the following is transitive • x<y • x divides y • x and y have the same sign • xy • None/more than one

  9. Types of relations • A relation is transitive if xRy yRz  xRz • Theorem: Let G be the graph corresponding to a relation R. R is transitive iff whenever you can reach from x to y in G then the edge xy is in G. • Try to prove yourself first

  10. Types of relations • Theorem: R is transitive iff when you can reach from x to y in G then the edge xy is also in G. • Proof (sufficient): Assume the graph G has this property. We will show R is transitive. Let x,y,z be such that xRy and yRz hold. In the graph G we can reach from x to z via the path xyz. So by assumption on G xz is also an edge in G. Hence xRz so R is transitive.

  11. Types of relations • Theorem: R is transitive iff when you can reach from x to y in G then the edge xy is also in G. • Proof (necessary) by contradiction: Assume by contradiction R is transitive but G doesn’t have this property. So, there are vertices x,y with a path xv1…vky in G but where there is no edge xy. Choose such a pair x,y with minimal path length k. We divide the proof to cases. • Case 1: k=0. So xy in G. Contradiction. • Case 2: k=1. Since R is transitive then xv1 and v1y imply xy. Contradiction. • Case 3: k>1. Then xvkmust be in G since the path has length k-1 and we assumed the path from x to y is of minimal length. So in fact xvky. Contradiction. QED

  12. 2. Equivalence relations

  13. Equivalence relations • Definition: a relation is an equivalence relation if it is • Reflexive • Symmetric • Transitive • What does that actually means???

  14. Equivalence relations • Best to explain by example • In the universe of people, xRy if x,y have the same birthday • Relfexive: xRx • Symmetric: xRy implies yRx • Transitive: if x,y have the same birthday, and y,z have the same birthday, then so do x,z.

  15. Equivalence relations • An equivalence relation partitions the universe to equivalence classes • E.g. all people who were born on 1/1/2011 is one equivalence class • Reflexive: a person has the same birthday as himself… dahhh…. • Symmetric: if x,y have the same birthday then so do y,x • Transitive: if x,y have the same birthday, and y,z have the same birthday, then so do x,z

  16. Equivalence relations • As a graph

  17. Equivalence relations • As a graph Equivalence classes

  18. Equivalence relations • Which of the following is an equivalence relation in the universe of integer numbers • x divides y • x*y>0 • x+y>0 • x+y is even • None/more than one/other

  19. Equivalence relations • Which of the following is an equivalence relation in the universe of graphs • x,y have the same number of vertices • x,y have the same edges • x,y are both Eulerian • x,y are the same up to re-labeling the vertices (isomorhpic) • None/more than one/other

  20. Equivalence relations as functions • We can see an equivalence relation as a function UniverseProperty E.g. People birthday Integers sign Graphs #vertices • An equivalence class is the set of elements mapped to the same value

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