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Topology
Sets and Functions (XLVIII)
Functions

Decide which ones of the three properties of reflexivity, symmetry, and transitivity are true for each of the following relations in the set of all positive integers:

m is less than or equal to n, m < n, m divides n.

Are any of these equivalence relations?

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Decide which ones of the three properties of reflexivity, symmetry, and transitivity are true for each of the following relations in the set of all positive integers:

m is less than or equal to n, m < n, m divides n.

Are any of these equivalence relations?

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Topology
Sets and Functions (XLVIII)
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