Binary relations

Binary relations

asked 2019-01-17 13:24:56 +0200

EvgenyM
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Are finite binary relations as subsets of Cartesian product implemented in Sage? I am interested in taking set-theoretic operations, finding composition and inverse, checking properties such as reflexivity and antisymmetry. I found a report here, but I am not sure if it made its way into version 8.5. If so, is there documentation and examples? By doing search_src("binaryrelation") I also found functions IsBinaryRelation, IsReflexiveBinaryRelation, etc. in libs/gap/gap_functions.py, but I am not sure how to use them.

answered 2019-01-21 10:12:38 +0200

slelievre
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updated 2019-01-21 10:13:28 +0200

As you found, implementing binary relations as subsets of the Cartesian product is the object of

Sage Trac ticket 24542: Binary relations in Sage

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I accepted your answer to this question, but I cannot believe something studied in every first year Discrete Math course is not a part of Sage.

EvgenyM ( 2019-01-25 20:03:29 +0200 )edit

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