{"id":9650,"date":"2022-01-20T16:58:24","date_gmt":"2022-01-20T11:28:24","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/mathemerize.com\/?p=9650"},"modified":"2022-01-20T17:40:42","modified_gmt":"2022-01-20T12:10:42","slug":"what-is-the-identity-relation-with-examples","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mathemerize.com\/what-is-the-identity-relation-with-examples\/","title":{"rendered":"What is the Identity Relation with Examples ?"},"content":{"rendered":"
Let A be a set. Then, the relation \\(I_A\\) = {(a, a) : a \\(\\in\\) A} on A is called the identity relation<\/strong> on A.<\/p>\n In other words, then the relation \\(I_A\\) on A is called the identity relation if every element of A is related to itself only.<\/p>\n Example<\/strong><\/span> : If A = {1, 2, 3}, then the relation \\(I_A\\) = {(1, 1), (2, 2) (3, 3)} is the identity relation on set A. But, relations \\(R_1\\) = {(1, 1), (2, 2)} and \\(R_2\\) = {(1, 1), (2, 2), (3, 3), (1, 3)} are not identity relations on A, because (3, 3) \\(\\notin\\) \\(R_1\\) and in \\(R_2\\) element 1 is related to elements 1 and 3.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Solution : Let A be a set. Then, the relation \\(I_A\\) = {(a, a) : a \\(\\in\\) A} on A is called the identity relation on A. In other words, then the relation \\(I_A\\) on A is called the identity relation if every element of A is related to itself only. Example : If A …<\/p>\n