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Relations. Binary Relations. a relation between elements of two sets is a subset of their Cartesian product (of ordered pairs). Note the di fference between a relation and a function: in a relation, each a ∈ A can map to multiple elements in B. Thus, relations are generalizations of functions.
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Binary Relations • a relation between elements of two sets is a subset of their Cartesian product (of ordered pairs). • Note the difference between a relation and a function: in a relation, each a ∈ A can map to multiple elements in B. Thus, relations are generalizations of functions. • If an ordered pair (a, b) ∈ R then we say that a is related to b. We may also use the notation aRb.