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A two-cell partition of a three-element set, the equivalence relation it induces listed pair by pair, and the quotient set recovered from it
Example
Write , and , which are pairwise distinct, and put . The collection has nonempty cells, covers , and its two cells are disjoint. The equivalence relation it induces on , namely " and lie in the same cell", is
with classes and , so that is the original collection again.
Facts & Assumptions
Given: , , , , and as displayed.
reflexive: for every (Equivalence relation, equivalence class, and the quotient set ).
symmetric: implies , for all (Equivalence relation, equivalence class, and the quotient set ).
transitive: and imply , for all (Equivalence relation, equivalence class, and the quotient set ).
The equivalence classes of an equivalence relation are nonempty, cover , and are pairwise equal or disjoint (The equivalence classes of an equivalence relation are nonempty, cover , and are pairwise equal or disjoint; conversely every such cover arises from exactly one equivalence relation).
is the set whose elements are exactly and , and (The unordered pair and the singleton ).
There is exactly one set with no elements, written (There is exactly one set with no elements, written ).
holds if and only if or (, , , , and ).
holds if and only if for some and some (The Cartesian product ).
if and only if and ( if and only if and ).
If every satisfies if and only if , then (The Axiom of Extensionality: ).
A relation is a set every element of which is an ordered pair (Relation, , , , and the specialisations "relation from to " and "relation on ").
Verification
, and are pairwise distinct: has no element, has exactly , and has as an element while does not. So has exactly those three elements, and is a relation on , each of its five listed pairs having both coordinates in .
is an equivalence relation on : it contains , and , so it is reflexive on ; its pairs with distinct coordinates are and , and each of those has its reverse present, so it is symmetric; and every composable pair of its members has its composite present, since chains through and stay inside and relates only to itself.
The classes are as stated: , by the pairs and , and . Hence has exactly the two elements and , which is the collection we started from.
The collection is therefore a partition of in the sense of the classes being nonempty, covering and pairwise equal or disjoint, and it is recovered as the quotient set of the equivalence relation it induces.
Depends on
- Equivalence relation, equivalence class, and the quotient set $A/{\sim}$
- The equivalence classes of an equivalence relation are nonempty, cover $A$, and are pairwise equal or disjoint; conversely every such cover arises from exactly one equivalence relation
- The unordered pair $\{x,y\}$ and the singleton $\{x\} = \{x,x\}$
- There is exactly one set with no elements, written $\varnothing$
- The Cartesian product $A \times B := \{\, z \in \mathcal{P}(\mathcal{P}(A \cup B)) : \exists a \in A\ \exists b \in B\ z = (a,b) \,\}$
- The Kuratowski ordered pair $(a,b) := \{\{a\},\{a,b\}\}$
- Relation, $\operatorname{dom} R$, $\operatorname{ran} R$, $\operatorname{fld} R$, and the specialisations "relation from $A$ to $B$" and "relation on $A$"
- The Axiom of Extensionality: $\forall x\,\forall y\,(\forall z\,(z \in x \leftrightarrow z \in y) \to x = y)$
- $\bigcup \varnothing = \varnothing$, $\bigcup \{a\} = a$, $\bigcup \{a,b\} = a \cup b$, $\bigcap \{a\} = a$, and $\bigcap \{a,b\} = a \cap b$
- The union $\bigcup x$ of a set, and the binary union $a \cup b := \bigcup \{a,b\}$
- $(a,b) = (c,d)$ if and only if $a = c$ and $b = d$
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Sources
- Equivalence relation (Wikipedia) (standard reference, not scraped)
- Partition of a set (Wikipedia) (standard reference, not scraped)
- B. Kaya, MATH 320 Set Theory (METU), §3.2 (standard reference, not scraped)