Discrete-Chapter 08 Relations

Relations - 08 CSC1001 Discrete Mathematics 1

CHAPTER
ความสัมพันธ์
8 (Relations)

1 Relations and Their Properties
1. Relation Deffinitions
The most direct way to express a relationship between elements of two sets is to use ordered pairs made
up of two related elements.
Definition 1

Let A and B be sets. A binary relation from A to B is a subset of A × B.

Example 1 (2 points) Let A = {0, 1, 2} and B = {a, b}. Then {(0, a), (0, b), (1, a), (2, b)} is a relation from A to B.
This means, for instance, that 0 R a, but that 1 not R b. Relations can be represented graphically using arrows
to represent ordered pairs. Another way to represent this relation is to use a table.

Example 2 (2 points) Let A be the set of cities in the ASEAN, and let B be the set of countries in the ASEAN
as follow list;
A = { Bangkok, Johor, Manila, Kuala Lumpur, Hanoi, Phuket, Penang, Naypyidaw, Ho Chi Minh, Chiang Mai }
B = { Malaysia, Thailand, Philippines, Vietnam, Myanmar }
Find the relations from A to B.

Example 3 (2 points) Let A = { 0, 1, 4 } is domain of f(x) and B = { -2, -1, 0, 1, 2 } is range of f(x), find the
relations from A to B, if given f(x) = x .

มหาวิทยาลัยราชภัฏสวนส ุนันทา (ภาคการศึกษาที่ 2/2555) เรียบเรียงโดย อ.วงศ์ยศ เกิดศรี

2 CSC1001 Discrete Mathematics 08 - Relations

2. Relations on a Set
Definition 2

A relation on a set A is a relation from A to A. In other words, a relation on a set A is a subset of A × A.

Example 4 (2 points) Let A be the set {1, 2, 3, 4}. Which ordered pairs are in the relation R = {(a, b) | a divides
b} for example 2 divides 4?

Example 5 (4 points) From Example 4 draw all relations by using arrows and table to represent ordered pairs?

Example 6 (6 points) Consider these relations on the set of integers:
R1 = {(a, b) | a ≤ b}, R2 = {(a, b) | a > b}, R3 = {(a, b) | a = b or a = -b},
R4 = {(a, b) | a = b}, R5 = {(a, b) | a = b + 1}, R6 = {(a, b) | a + b ≤ 3}.
Which of these relations contain each of the pairs (1, 1), (1, 2), (2, 1), (1,-1), and (2, 2)?

Example 7 (2 points) How many relations are there on a set with n elements?


3. Properties of Relations
Definition 3

A relation R on a set A is called reflexive if (a, a) ∈ R for every element a ∈ A.

Example 8 (2 points) Consider the following relations on {1, 2, 3, 4}:
R1 = {(1, 1), (1, 2), (2, 1), (2, 2), (3, 4), (4, 1), (4, 4)},
R2 = {(1, 1), (1, 2), (2, 1)},
R3 = {(1, 1), (1, 2), (1, 4), (2, 1), (2, 2), (3, 3), (4, 1), (4, 4)},
R4 = {(2, 1), (3, 1), (3, 2), (4, 1), (4, 2), (4, 3)},
R5 = {(1, 1), (1, 2), (1, 3), (1, 4), (2, 2), (2, 3), (2, 4), (3, 3), (3, 4), (4, 4)},
R6 = {(3, 4)}.
Which of these relations are reflexive?

Example 9 (2 points) Which of the relations from Example 6 are reflexive?

Definition 4

A relation R on a set A is called symmetric if (b, a) ∈ R whenever (a, b) ∈ R, for all a, b ∈ A. A relation R
on a set A such that for all a, b ∈ A, if (a, b) ∈ R and (b, a) ∈ R, then a = b is called antisymmetric.

Example 10 (2 points) Which of the relations from Example 8 are symmetric and which are antisymmetric?

Example 11 (2 points) Which of the relations from Example 6 are symmetric and which are antisymmetric?



Definition 5

A relation R on a set A is called transitive if whenever (a, b) ∈ R and (b, c) ∈ R, then (a, c) ∈ R, for all a,
b, c ∈ A.

Example 12 (2 points) Which of the relations from Example 8 are transitive?

Example 13 (2 points) Which of the relations from Example 6 are transitive?

4. Combining Relations
Because relations from A to B are subsets of A × B, two relations from A to B can be combined in any way
two sets can be combined.
Example 13 (8 points) Let A = {1, 2, 3} and B = {1, 2, 3, 4}. The relations R1 = {(1, 1), (2, 2), (3, 3)} and R2 =
{(1, 1), (1, 2), (1, 3), (1, 4)} can be combined to obtain
R1 ∪ R2 = …………………………………………………………………………………………………………………
R1 ∩ R2 = …………………………………………………………………………………………………………………
R1 - R2 = …………………………………………………………………………………………………………………
R2 - R1 = …………………………………………………………………………………………………………………
Example 14 (8 points) Let A = {-1, 0, 1, 2} and B = {1, 3, 5, 7}. The relations R1 = {(-1, 1), (0, 3), (1, 5) , (2, 7)}
and R2 = {(1, 1), (0, 3), (1, 3), (1, 5), (2, 5)} can be combined to obtain
R1 ∪ R2 = …………………………………………………………………………………………………………………
R1 ∩ R2 = …………………………………………………………………………………………………………………
R1 - R2 = …………………………………………………………………………………………………………………
R2 - R1 = …………………………………………………………………………………………………………………
Example 15 (2 points) Let R1 and R2 are the relations from Example 14 and given R3 = {(-1, 1), (0, 3), (0, 5),
(1, 5), (2, 7)} find (R1 ∪ R2) ∩ R3
(R1 ∪ R2 ) ∩ R3 = ………………………………………………………………………………………………………..


Definition 6

Let R be a relation from a set A to a set B and S a relation from B to a set C. The composite of R and S is
the relation consisting of ordered pairs (a, c), where a ∈ A, c ∈ C, and for which there exists an element
b ∈ B such that (a, b) ∈ R and (b, c) ∈ S. We denote the composite of R and S by S o R.

Example 16 (2 points) What is the composite of the relations R and S, where R is the relation from {1, 2, 3} to
{1, 2, 3, 4} with R = {(1, 1), (1, 4), (2, 3), (3, 1), (3, 4)} and S is the relation from {1, 2, 3, 4} to {0, 1, 2} with S =
{(1, 0), (2, 0), (3, 1), (3, 2), (4, 1)}?

Example 17 (2 points) Let R be the relation {(1, 2), (1, 3), (2, 3), (2, 4), (3, 1)}, and let S be the relation {(2, 1),
(3, 1), (3, 2), (4, 2)}. Find S o R?

2 n-ary Relations and Their Applications
1. n-ary Relations
Definition 1

Let A1,A2, . . . , An be sets. An n-ary relation on these sets is a subset of A1 × A2 × … × An. The sets A1,
A2, … An are called the domains of the relation, and n is called its degree.

Example 18 (2 points) Let R be the relation on N × N × N consisting of triples (a, b, c), where a, b, and c are
integers with a < b < c. Find the degree and its domains? and Show 5 examples of (a, b, c) ∈ R

Example 19 (2 points) Let R be the relation on Z × Z × Z consisting of all triples of integers (a, b, c) in which a,
b, and c form an arithmetic progression. That is, (a, b, c) ∈ R if and only if there is an integer k such that b = a
+ k and c = a + 2k, or equivalently, such that b - a = k and c - b = k. Find the degree and its domains? and
Show 5 examples of (a, b, c) ∈ R


Example 20 (2 points) Let R be the relation on Z × Z × Z+ consisting of triples (a, b, m), where a, b, and m are
integers with m ≥ 1 and a ≡ b (mod m). Find the degree and its domains? and Show 5 examples of (a, b, c)
∈R

2. Databases and Relations
The relational data model, based on the concept of a relation. A database consists of records, which are
n-tuples, made up of fields. The fields are the entries of the n-tuples. Relations used to represent databases
are also called tables. Each column of the table corresponds to an attribute of the database. A domain of an
n-ary relation is called a primary key. That is, a domain is a primary key when no two n-tuples in the relation
have the same value from this domain.
Combinations of domains can also uniquely identify n-tuples in an relation. When the values of a set of
domains determine an n-tuple in a relation, the Cartesian product of these domains is called a composite key.
Example 21 (2 points) Find a number of records and fields and identify the primary key of the table?

Example 22 (2 points) Is the Cartesian product of the domain of major fields of study and the domain of GPAs
a composite key for the n-ary relation from Table 1, assuming that no n-tuples are ever added?


3. Operations on n-ary Relations
Definition 2

Let R be an n-ary relation and C a condition that elements in R may satisfy. Then the selection operator sC
maps the n-ary relation R to the n-ary relation of all n-tuples from R that satisfy the condition C.

Example 23 (2 points) Find the records of computer science majors in the n-ary relation R shown in Table 1

Example 24 (2 points) Find the records where GPA greater than 3.50 in the n-ary relation R shown in Table 1

3 Representing Relations
1. Representing Relations Using Matrices
Definition 1

A relation between finite sets can be represented using a zero–one matrix. by the matrix MR = [mij ], where
⎧1 if(a i , b i ) ∈ R
m ij = ⎨
⎩0 if(a i , b i ) ∉ R

Example 25 (2 points) Suppose that A = {1, 2, 3} and B = {1, 2}. Let R be the relation from A to B containing
(a, b) if a ∈ A, b ∈ B, and a > b. What is the matrix representing R if a1 = 1, a2 = 2, and a3 = 3, and b1 = 1
and b2 = 2?

Example 26 (2 points) Suppose that A = {0, 2, 4, 6} and B = {1, 2, 3, 4}. Let R be the relation from A to B
containing (a, b) if a ∈ A, b ∈ B, and a ≤ b. What is the matrix representing R?


Example 27 (2 points) Let A = {a1, a2, a3} and B = {b1, b2, b3, b4, b5}. Which ordered pairs are in the relation R
represented by the matrix?
⎡0 1 0 0 0 ⎤
M R = ⎢1 0 1 1 0 ⎥
⎢ ⎥
⎢1 0 1 0 1 ⎥
⎣ ⎦

Example 28 (2 points) Let A = {0, 4, 8, 12} and B = {1, 3, 5}. Which ordered pairs are in the relation R
represented by the matrix?
⎡0 1 1⎤
⎢1 0 1⎥
MR = ⎢ ⎥
⎢0 1 1⎥
⎢ ⎥
⎣1 0 0⎦

Definition 2

The relation R is symmetric if (a, b) ∈ R implies that (b, a) ∈ R. In terms of the entries of MR, R is
symmetric if and only if mji = 1 whenever mij = 1. This also means mji = 0 whenever mij = 0. Consequently,
R is symmetric if and only if mij = mji. Recalling the definition of the transpose of a matrix from Chapter 3,
we see that R is symmetric if and only if MR = (MR)t

Definition 3

The relation R is antisymmetric if and only if (a, b) ∈ R and (b, a) ∈ R imply that a = b. Consequently, the
matrix of an antisymmetric relation has the property that if mij = 1 with i ≠ j, then mji = 0. Or, in other
words, either mij = 0 or mji = 0 when i ≠ j.


Example 29 (2 points) Suppose that the relation R on a set is represented by the matrix. Is R reflexive, sym-
metric, and/or antisymmetric?
⎡1 1 0⎤
M R = ⎢1 1 1⎥
⎢ ⎥
⎢0 1 1 ⎥
⎣ ⎦

Example 30 (2 points) Suppose that the relation R on a set is represented by the matrix. Is R reflexive, sym-
metric, and/or antisymmetric?
⎡0 0 0 ⎤
M R = ⎢0 1 0 ⎥
⎢ ⎥
⎢0 0 1 ⎥
⎣ ⎦

Definition 4

The Boolean operations join and meet can be used to find the matrices representing the union and the
intersection of two relations. Suppose that R1 and R2 are relations on a set A represented by the matrices
MR1 and MR2, respectively. The matrices representing the union and intersection of these relations are
M R ∪R = M R ∨ M R and M R ∩R = M R ∧ M R
1 2 1 2 1 2 1 2

Definition 5

Let the zero–one matrices for S o R, R, and S be M SoR = [tij ], MR = [rij ], and MS = [sij ], respectively. The
ordered pair (ai, cj ) belongs to S o R if and only if there is an element bk such that (ai, bk) belongs to R and
(bk, cj ) belongs to S. It follows that tij = 1 if and only if rik = skj = 1 for some k. From the definition of the
Boolean product, this means that M SoR = M R M S

Example 31 (2 points) Suppose that the relations S and R on a set A are represented by the matrices?
⎡1 0 0⎤ ⎡1 0 0⎤
⎢0 1 1⎥ ⎢1 1 1⎥
S= ⎢ ⎥ R= ⎢ ⎥ Find M S∪ R , M S∩ R and M So R ?
⎢0 1 1⎥ ⎢1 1 1⎥
⎢ ⎥ ⎢ ⎥
⎣0 0 1⎦ ⎣1 0 0⎦


Discrete-Chapter 08 Relations

More Related Content

What's hot (19)

Viewers also liked (20)

Similar to Discrete-Chapter 08 Relations (20)

More from Wongyos Keardsri (20)

Discrete-Chapter 08 Relations