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EQUIVALENCE RELATION

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Definitions of EQUIVALENCE RELATION

1985 - The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing

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A relation R on a set including elements a, b,c, which is reflexive (a R a), symmetric (a R b => b R a) andtransitive (a R b R c => a R c). An equivalence relationdefines an equivalence class.See also partial equivalence relation.

1985 - The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing
By Denis Howe

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