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Highest voted questions in Set Theory & Algebra

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A function $f: \Bbb{N^+} \rightarrow \Bbb{N^+}$ , defined on the set of positive integers $\Bbb{N^+}$, satisfies the following properties: $f(n)=f(n/2)...
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Consider a set $U$ of $23$ different compounds in a chemistry lab. There is a subset $S$ of $U$ of $9$ compounds, each of which reacts with exactly $3$ compounds of $U$. ...
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Let $S = \{1, 2, 3,\ldots, m\}, m >3.$ Let $X_1,\ldots,X_n$ be subsets of $S$ each of size $3.$ Define a function $f$ from $S$ to the set of natural numbers as, $f(i)$ is...
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Consider the set of all functions $f:\{0,1, \dots,2014\} \to \{0,1,\dots, 2014\}$ such that $ f\left(f\left(i\right)\right)=i$, for all $0 \leq i \leq 2014$. Consider th...
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Suppose $L = \left\{ p, q, r, s, t\right\}$ is a lattice represented by the following Hasse diagram:For any $x, y \in L$, not necessarily distinct , $x \vee y$ and $x \we...
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Consider the following relation on subsets of the set $S$ of integers between $1$ and $2014$. For two distinct subsets $U$ and $V$ of $S$ we say $U\:<\:V$ if the minimum ...
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There are two elements $x,\:y$ in a group $(G,*)$ such that every element in the group can be written as a product of some number of $x$'s and $y$'s in some order. It is ...
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For a set $A$, the power set of $A$ is denoted by $2^{A}$. If $A = \left\{5,\left\{6\right\}, \left\{7\right\}\right\}$, which of the following options are TRUE?$\varnoth...
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Let $X$ and $Y$ be finite sets and $f:X \to Y$ be a function. Which one of the following statements is TRUE?For any subsets $A$ and $B$ of $X, |f(A \cup B)| = |f(A)| + |f...
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Let \(f : A \to B\) be an injective (one-to-one) function. Define \(g : 2^A \to 2^B\) as:\(g(C) = \left \{f(x) \mid x \in C\right\} \), for all subsets $C$ of $A$.Define ...
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Let ܵ$S$ denote the set of all functions $f:\{0,1\}^4 \to \{0,1\}$. Denote by $N$ the number of functions from S to the set $\{0,1\}$. The value of $ \log_2 \log_2N $ is...
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Given a set of elements $N = {1, 2, ..., n}$ and two arbitrary subsets $A⊆N$ and $B⊆N$, how many of the n! permutations $\pi$ from $N$ to $N$ satisfy $\min(\pi(A)) = ...
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How many different non-isomorphic Abelian groups of order $4$ are there?$2$$3$$4$$5$
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Let $P(S)$ denotes the power set of set $S.$ Which of the following is always true?$P(P(S)) = P(S)$$P(S) ∩ P(P(S)) = \{ Ø \}$$P(S) ∩ S = P(S)$$S ∉ P(S)$
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Let $(S, \leq)$ be a partial order with two minimal elements a and b, and a maximum element c. Let P: S \(\to\) {True, False} be a predicate defined on S. Suppose that P(...
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The number of equivalence relations of the set $\{1,2,3,4\}$ is$15$$16$$24$$4$
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Let $N$ be the set of natural numbers. Consider the following sets,$P:$ Set of Rational numbers (positive and negative)$Q:$ Set of functions from $\{0,1\}$ to $N$$R:$ Set...
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Consider the following statements:$S_1:$ There exists infinite sets $A$, $B$, $C$ such that $A \cap (B \cup C)$ is finite.$S_2:$ There exists two irrational numbers $x$ a...
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Suppose $U$ is the power set of the set $S = \{1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6\}$. For any $T \in U$, let $|T|$ denote the number of elements in $T$ and $T'$ denote the complement of $T...
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A binary relation $R$ on $\mathbb{N} \times \mathbb{N}$ is defined as follows: $(a, b) R(c, d)$ if $a \leq c$ or $b \leq d$. Consider the following propositions:$P:$ $R$ ...