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**Test Yourself**

1. If $R$ is a relation from $A$ to $B$, $x \in A$, and $y \in B$, the notation
   $x R y$ means that ____.

$x$ is related to $y$ by $R$

2. If $R$ is a relation from $A$ to $B$, $x \in A$, and $y \in B$, the notation
   $x \cancel{R} y$ means that ____.

$x$ is not related to $y$ by $R$.

3. If $R$ is a relation from $A$ to $B$, $x \in A$, and $y \in B$, the notation
   $(y, x) \in R^{-1}$ if, and only if, ____.

$$ (x, y) \in R $$

4. A relation on a set $A$ is a relation from ____ to ____.

$A$; $A$

5. If $R$ is a relation on a set $A$, the directed graph of $R$ has an arrow
   from $x$ to $y$ if, and only if, ____.

$x$ is related to $y$ by $R$

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**Test Yourself**

1. For a relation $R$ on a set $A$ to be reflexive means that ____.

$\forall x \in A, x R x$

2. For a relation $R$ on a set $A$ to be symmetric means that ____.

$\forall x, y \in A, x R y \to y R x$

3. For a relation $R$ on a set $A$ to be transitive means that ____.

$\forall x, y, z \in A, (x R y \wedge y R z) \to x R z$

4. To show that a relation $R$ on an infinite set $A$ is reflexive, you suppose
   that ____ and you show that ____.

$x \in A$; $x R x$

5. To show that a relation $R$ on an infinite set $A$ is symmetric, you suppose
   that ____ and you show that ____.

$\forall x, y \in A, x R y$; $y R x$

6. To show that a relation $R$ on an infinite set $A$ is transitive, you suppose
   that ____ and you show that ____.

$\forall x, y, z \in A, x R y \wedge y R z$; $x R z$

7. To show that a relation $R$ on a set $A$ is not reflexive, you ____.

$\exists x \in A, x \cancel{R} x$

8. To show that a relation $R$ on a set $A$ is not symmetric, you ____.

$\exists x, y \in A, x R y \to y \cancel{R} x$

9. To show that a relation $R$ on a set $A$ is not transitive, you ____.

$\exists x, y, z \in A, (x R y \wedge y R z) \to x \cancel{R} z$

10. Given a relation $R$ on a set $A$, the transitive closure of $R$ is the
    relation $R^t$ on $A$ that satisfies the following three properties: ____,
    ____, and ____.

$R^t$ is transitive; $R \subseteq R^t$; if $S$ is any other transitive relation
that contains $R$, then $R^t \subseteq S$