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The answers to exercises marked IBB] can be found in the Back of the Book.[BB] Let A be th...

The answers to exercises marked IBB] can be found in the Back of the Book.

[BB] Let A be the set of all natural numbers and ~ be as in Exercise. Show that ~ defines an equivalence relation on A.

The answers to exercises marked IBB] can be found in the Back of the Book.

[BB] Let A = {1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9}. For a, bA, define a ~ b if and only if ab is a perfect square (that is, the square of an integer).

(a) What are the ordered pairs in this relation?

(b) For each aA, find ā = {xA | x ~ a).

(c) Explain why ~ defines an equivalence relation on A.

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