Determine whether each of the following relations are reflexive, symmetric and transitive: (I) Relation R in the set A = {1, 2, 3…13, 14} definedas R = {(x, y): 3x - y =0} (II) Relation R in the set N of natural numbers defined as R = {(x, y): y = x + 5 and x <4} (III) Relation R in the set A = {1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6} as R = {(x, y): y is divisible byx} (IV) Relation R in the set Z of all integers defined as R = {(x, y): x - y is asinteger} (V) Relation R in the set A of human beings in a town at a particular time givenby (VI) R = {(x, y): x and y work at the sameplace} (VII) R = {(x, y): x and y live in the samelocality} (VIII) R = {(x, y): x is exactly 7 cm taller thany} (IX) R = {(x, y): x is wife ofy} (X) R = {(x, y): x is father ofy}

Show that the relation R in the set R of real numbers, defined asR = {(a, b): a = b2} is neither reflexive nor symmetric nor transitive.

Check whether the relation R defined in the set {1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6} as R = {(a, b): b = a + 1} is reflexive, symmetric or transitive.

Show that the relation R in R defined as R = {(a, b): a = b}, is reflexive and transitive but not symmetric.

Check whether the relation R in R defined as R = {(a, b): a = b³} is reflexive, symmetric ortransitive.

Show that the relation R in the set {1, 2, 3} given by R = {(1, 2), (2, 1)} is symmetric but neither reflexive nor transitive.

Show that the relation R in the set A of all the books in a library of a college, given by R= {(x, y): x and y have same number of pages} is an equivalence relation.

Show that the relation R in the set A = {1, 2, 3, 4, 5} given by , is an equivalence relation. Show that all the elements of {1, 3, 5} are related to each other and all the elements of {2, 4} are related to each other. But no element of {1, 3, 5} is related to any element of 2, 4}.

Show that each of the relation R intheset, given by (i) (ii) is an equivalence relation. Find the set of all elements related to 1 in each case.

Given an example of a relation. Which is (I) Symmetric but neither reflexive nortransitive. (II) Transitive but neither reflexive norsymmetric. (III) Reflexive and symmetric but nottransitive. (IV) Reflexive and transitive but notsymmetric. (V) Symmetric and transitive but notreflexive.

Show that the relation R in the set A of points in a plane given by R = {(P, Q): distance of the point P from the origin is same as the distance of the point Q from the origin}, is an equivalence relation. Further, show that the set of all point related to a point P ? (0,0) is the circle passing through P with origin as centre.

Show that the relation R defined in the set A of all triangles as R = {(T₁, T₂): T₁ is similar to T₂}, is equivalence relation. Consider three right angle triangles T₁ with sides 3, 4, 5, T₂ with sides 5, 12, 13 and T₃ with sides 6, 8, 10. Which triangles among T₁, T₂ and T₃ are related?

Show that the relation R defined in the set A of all polygons as R = {(P₁, P₂): P₁ and P₂ have same number of sides}, is an equivalence relation. What is the set of all elements in A related to the right angle triangle T with sides 3, 4 and 5?

Let L be the set of all lines in XY plane and R be the relation in L defined as R = {(L₁, L₂): L₁is parallel to L₂}. Show that R is an equivalence relation. Find the set of all lines related to the line y = 2x + 4.

Let R be the relation in the set {1, 2, 3, 4} given by R = {(1, 2), (2, 2), (1, 1), (4, 4), (1, 3), (3, 3), (3, 2)}. Choose the correct answer. (I) R is reflexive and symmetric but nottransitive. (II) R is reflexive and transitive but notsymmetric. (III) R is symmetric and transitive but notreflexive. (IV) R is an equivalence relation.

Let R be the relation in the set N given by R = {(a, b): a = b - 2, b > 6}. Choose the correct answer. (A) (2, 4) ? R (B) (3, 8) ?R (C) (6, 8) ?R (D) (8, 7) ? R

Show that the function f: R_*? R_*definedbyis one-one and onto, where R_* is the set of all non-zero real numbers. Is the result true, if the domain R_* is replaced by N with co-domain being same asR_*?

Check the injectivity and surjectivity of the following functions: (I) f: N ? N given by f(x) =x² (II) f: Z ? Z given by f(x) =x² (III) f: R ? R given by f(x) =x² (IV) f: N ? N given by f(x) =x³ (V) f: Z ? Z given by f(x) =x³

Prove that the Greatest Integer Function f: R ? R given by f(x) = [x], is neither one- once nor onto, where [x] denotes the greatest integer less than or equal to x.

Show that the Modulus Function f: R ? Rgivenby, is neither one-onenor onto,whereis x, if x is positive or0andis - x, if x isnegative.

Show that the Signum Function f: R ? R, given by is neither one-one nor onto.

Let A = {1, 2, 3}, B = {4, 5, 6, 7} and let f = {(1, 4), (2, 5), (3, 6)} be a function fromA to B. Show that f is one-one.

In each of the following cases, state whether the function is one-one, onto or bijective. Justify your answer. (I) f: R ? R defined by f(x) = 3 -4x (II) f: R ? R defined by f(x) = 1 +x²

Let A and B be sets. Show that f: A × B ? B × A such that (a, b) = (b, a) is bijective function.

Let f: N ? N be defined by State whether the function f is bijective. Justify your answer.

Let A = R - {3} and B = R - {1}. Consider the function f: A ? B defined by . Is f one-one and onto? Justify your answer.

Let f: R ? R be defined as f(x) = x⁴. Choose the correct answer. (I) f is one-one onto (B) f is many-oneonto(C) f is one-one but not onto (D) f is neither one-one nor onto

Let f: R ? R be defined as f(x) = 3x. Choose the correct answer. (A) f is one-one onto (B) f is many-one onto(C) f is one-one but not onto (D) f is neither one-one nor onto

Let f: {1, 3, 4} ? {1, 2, 5} and g: {1, 2, 5} ? {1, 3} be given by f = {(1, 2), (3, 5),(4, 1)} and g = {(1, 3), (2, 3), (5, 1)}. Write down gof.

Let f, g and h be functions from R to R. Show that

Find gof and fog, if (i) (ii)

If , show that f o f(x) = x, for all . What is the inverse of f?

State with reason whether following functions have inverse (i) f: {1, 2, 3, 4} ? {10} with f = {(1, 10), (2, 10), (3, 10), (4,10)} (ii) g: {5, 6, 7, 8} ? {1, 2, 3, 4}with g = {(5, 4), (6, 3), (7, 4), (8, 2)} (iii) h: {2, 3, 4, 5} ? {7, 9, 11, 13} with h = {(2, 7), (3, 9), (4, 11), (5, 13)}

Show that f: [-1, 1] ? R,givenbyis one-one. Find the inverse ofthe function f: [-1, 1] ? Rangef. (Hint: For y ?Range f,y =, for some x in [-1,1],i.e.,)

Consider f: R ? R given by f(x) = 4x + 3. Show that f is invertible. Find the inverse of f.

Consider f: R₊? [4, 8) given by f(x) = x² + 4. Show that f is invertible with the inverse f^-1 of givenfby, where R₊ is the set of all non-negative realnumbers.

Find thevaluesofis equalto (A)p(B)(C) 0(D)

Consider f: R₊? [-5, 8) given by f(x) = 9x² + 6x - 5. Show that f is invertible with .

Let f: X ? Y be an invertible function. Show that f has unique inverse. (Hint: suppose g₁ and g₂ are two inverses of f. Then for all y ? Y, fog₁(y) = I_Y(y) = fog₂(y). Use one-one ness of f).

Consider f: {1, 2, 3} ? {a, b, c} given by f(1) = a, f(2) = b and f(3) = c. Find f^-1 and show that (f^-1)^-1 = f.

Let f: X ? Y be an invertible function. Show that the inverse of f^-1 is f, i.e., (f^-1)^-1 = f.

If f: R ? R begivenby, then fof(x)is (A)(B) x³ (C) x (D) (3 -x³)

Letbe a functiondefined as. The inverse of f is mapg: Range (A) (B) (C) (D)

Determine whether or not each of the definition of given below gives a binary operation. In the event that * is not a binary operation, give justification for this. (I) On Z⁺, define * by a * b = a -b (II) On Z⁺, define * by a * b =ab (III) On R, define * by a * b =ab² (IV) On Z⁺, define * by a * b = |a -b| (V) On Z⁺, define * by a * b =a

For each binary operation * defined below, determine whether * is commutative or associative. (I) On Z, define a * b = a -b (II) On Q, define a * b = ab +1 (III) On Q, define a *b (IV) On Z⁺, define a * b =2^ab (V) On Z⁺, define a * b =a^b (VI) On R - {-1}, define

Consider the binary operation ? on the set {1, 2, 3, 4, 5} defined by a ?b = min {a, b}. Write the operation table of the operation?.

Consider a binary operation * on the set {1, 2, 3, 4, 5} given by the following multiplication table. (i) Compute (2 * 3) * 4 and 2 * (3 * 4) (I) Is * commutative? (II) Compute (2 * 3) * (4 * 5). (Hint: use the followingtable) * 1 2 3 4 5 1 1 1 1 1 1 2 1 2 1 2 1 3 1 1 3 1 1 4 1 2 1 4 1 5 1 1 1 1 5

Let*' be the binary operation on the set {1, 2, 3, 4, 5} defined by a *' b = H.C.F. of a and b. Is the operation *' same as the operation * defined in Exercise 4 above? Justify youranswer.

Let * be the binary operation on N given by a * b = L.C.M. of a and b. Find (i) 5 * 7, 20 * 16 (ii) Is * commutative? (iii) Is * associative? (iv) Find the identity of * in N(v) Which elements of N are invertible for the operation *?

Is * defined on the set {1, 2, 3, 4, 5} by a * b = L.C.M. of a and b a binary operation? Justify your answer.

Let * be the binary operation on N defined by a * b = H.C.F. of a and b. Is * commutative? Is * associative? Does there exist identity for this binary operation on N?

Let * be a binary operation on the set Q of rational numbers as follows: (i) a * b = a - b (ii) a * b = a² + b² (iii) a * b = a + ab (iv) a * b = (a - b)² (v)(vi) a * b =ab² Find which of the binary operations are commutative and which are associative.

Find which of the operations given above has identity.

Let A = N × N and * be the binary operation on A defined by (a, b) * (c, d) = (a + c, b + d)Show that * is commutative and associative. Find the identity element for * on A, if any.

State whether the following statements are true or false.Justify. (I) For an arbitrary binary operation * on a set N, a * a=aa *N. (II) If * is a commutative binary operation on N, then a * (b * c) = (c * b) *a

Consider a binary operation * on N defined as a * b = a³ + b³. Choose the correct answer. (I) Is * both associative andcommutative? (II) Is * commutative but notassociative? (III) Is * associative but notcommutative? (IV) Is * neither commutative nor associative?

Let f: R ? R be defined as f(x) = 10x + 7. Find the function g: R ? R such that g o f = fo g = 1R.

Let f: W ? W be defined as f(n) = n - 1, if is odd and f(n) = n + 1, if n is even. Show that f is invertible. Find the inverse of f. Here, W is the set of all whole numbers.

If f: R ? R is defined by f(x) = x2 - 3x + 2, find f(f(x)).

Show that function f: R ? {x ? R: -1 < x < 1} defined byf(x) =, x ?R is one-one and ontofunction.

Show that the function f: R ? R given by f(x) = x³ is injective.

Give examples of two functions f: N ? Z and g: Z ? Z such that g o f is injective but g is notinjective. (Hint: Consider f(x) = x and g(x) = )

Given examples of two functions f: N ? N and g: N ? N such that gof is onto but f is not onto.(Hint: Consider f(x) = x + 1 and

Given a non empty set X, consider P(X) which is the set of all subsets of X. Define the relation R in P(X) as follows: For subsets A, B in P(X), ARB if and only if A ? B. Is R an equivalence relation on P(X)? Justify you answer:

Given a non-empty set X, consider the binary operation *: P(X) × P(X) ? P(X) given by A * B = A n B ? A, B in P(X) is the power set of X. Show that X is the identity element for this operation and X is the only invertible element in P(X) with respect to the operation*.

Find the number of all onto functions from the set {1, 2, 3, … , n) to itself.

Let S = {a, b, c} and T = {1, 2, 3}. Find F^-1 of the following functions F from S to T, if it exists. (i) F = {(a, 3), (b, 2), (c, 1)} (ii) F = {(a, 2), (b, 1), (c, 1)}

Consider the binary operations*: R ×R ? and o: R × R ? Rdefinedasand a o b = a, ?a, b ? R. Show that * is commutative but not associative, o is associative but not commutative. Further, show that ?a, b, c ? R, a*(b o c) = (a * b) o (a * c). [If it is so, we say that the operation * distributes over the operation o]. Does o distribute over *? Justify youranswer.

Given a non-empty set X, let *: P(X) × P(X) ? P(X) be defined as A * B = (A - B) ?(B - A), ? A, B ? P(X). Show that the empty set F is the identity for the operation * and all the elements A of P(X) are invertible with A^-1 = A. (Hint: (A - F) ? (F - A) = A and(A - A) ? (A - A) = A * A = F).

Define a binary operation *on the set {0, 1, 2, 3, 4, 5} as Show that zero is the identity for this operation and each element a ? 0 of the set is invertible with 6 - a being the inverse of a.

Let A = {-1, 0, 1, 2}, B = {-4, -2, 0, 2} and f, g: A ? B be functions defined by f(x) = x² - x, x ? A and . Are f and gequal? Justify your answer. (Hint: One may note that two function f: A ? B and g: A ? B such that f(a) = g(a) ?a ?A, are called equal functions).

Let A = {1, 2, 3}. Then number of relations containing (1, 2) and (1, 3) which are reflexive and symmetric but not transitive is (A) 1 (B) 2 (C) 3 (D) 4

Let A = {1, 2, 3}. Then number of equivalence relations containing (1, 2) is (A) 1 (B) 2 (C) 3 (D) 4

Let f: R ? R be the Signum Function defined as and g: R ? R be the Greatest Integer Function given by g(x) = [x], where [x] is greatest integer less than or equal to x. Then does fog and gof coincide in (0, 1]?

Number of binary operations on the set {a, b} are (A) 10 (B) 16 (C) 20 (D) 8