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    In mathematics, a relation denotes some kind of relationship between two objects in a set, which may or may not hold. As an example, "is less than" is...
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  • In mathematics, a binary relation associates elements of one set called the domain with elements of another set called the codomain. Precisely, a binary...
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  • In mathematics, a binary relation R on a set X is transitive if, for all elements a, b, c in X, whenever R relates a to b and b to c, then R also relates...
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    a medium. A dispersion relation relates the wavelength or wavenumber of a wave to its frequency. Given the dispersion relation, one can calculate the...
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  • physical system A finitary or n-ary relation is a set of n-tuples. Specific types of relations include: Relation (mathematics) (an elementary treatment of binary...
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    In mathematics, an equivalence relation is a binary relation that is reflexive, symmetric and transitive. The equipollence relation between line segments...
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    In mathematics, an inequality is a relation which makes a non-equal comparison between two numbers or other mathematical expressions. It is used most...
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    to be a "reflexive relation". Just not as relation within ZFC, but as a "meta-relation", within some of metatheory in mathematics, which may be ZFC itself...
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  • In mathematics, a finitary relation over a sequence of sets X1, ..., Xn is a subset of the Cartesian product X1 × ... × Xn; that is, it is a set of n-tuples...
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  • In mathematics, a binary relation R {\displaystyle R} on a set X {\displaystyle X} is reflexive if it relates every element of X {\displaystyle X} to itself...
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    S2CID 40819230. Retrieved 30 May 2014. Dirac, Paul (1938–1939). "The Relation between Mathematics and Physics". Proceedings of the Royal Society of Edinburgh....
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    In mathematics, two sequences of numbers, often experimental data, are proportional or directly proportional if their corresponding elements have a constant...
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  • A symmetric relation is a type of binary relation. Formally, a binary relation R over a set X is symmetric if: ∀ a , b ∈ X ( a R b ⇔ b R a ) , {\displaystyle...
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  • In mathematics, a binary relation R {\displaystyle R} on a set X {\displaystyle X} is antisymmetric if there is no pair of distinct elements of X {\displaystyle...
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  • In mathematics, an element (or member) of a set is any one of the distinct objects that belong to that set. For example, given a set called A containing...
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    Discrete mathematics is the study of mathematical structures that can be considered "discrete" (in a way analogous to discrete variables, having a bijection...
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  • In mathematics, a homogeneous relation (also called endorelation) on a set X is a binary relation between X and itself, i.e. it is a subset of the Cartesian...
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  • for mathematical statements Relation – Relationship between two sets, defined by a set of ordered pairs For further reading in discrete mathematics, beyond...
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  • In mathematics, an asymmetric relation is a binary relation R {\displaystyle R} on a set X {\displaystyle X} where for all a , b ∈ X , {\displaystyle a...
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  • In mathematics, the converse of a binary relation is the relation that occurs when the order of the elements is switched in the relation. For example...
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    Bijection (redirect from Bijective relation)
    correspondences are bijections between sets of mathematical objects of apparently very different nature. For a binary relation pairing elements of set X with elements...
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    In mathematics, when the elements of some set S {\displaystyle S} have a notion of equivalence (formalized as an equivalence relation), then one may naturally...
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  • Arity (redirect from K-ary relation)
    logic, mathematics, and computer science, arity (/ˈærɪti/ ) is the number of arguments or operands taken by a function, operation or relation. In mathematics...
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  • In mathematics, a recurrence relation is an equation according to which the n {\displaystyle n} th term of a sequence of numbers is equal to some combination...
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    In mathematics, a set is a collection of different things; these things are called elements or members of the set and are typically mathematical objects...
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  • In mathematics, a binary relation R ⊆ X×Y between two sets X and Y is total (or left total) if the source set X equals the domain {x : there is a y with...
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  • In mathematics, a relation on a set is called connected or complete or total if it relates (or "compares") all distinct pairs of elements of the set in...
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  • Tuple (redirect from Elementary relation)
    In mathematics, a tuple is a finite sequence or ordered list of numbers or, more generally, mathematical objects, which are called the elements of the...
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  • In mathematics and abstract algebra, a relation algebra is a residuated Boolean algebra expanded with an involution called converse, a unary operation...
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    Subset (redirect from Inclusion relation)
    In mathematics, a set A is a subset of a set B if all elements of A are also elements of B; B is then a superset of A. It is possible for A and B to be...
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