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Year
2015
Volume
25
Issue
1
Pages
3-11
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Section Mathematics
Title The graph of reflexive-transitive relations and the graph of finite topologies
Author(-s) Al' Dzhabri Kh.Sh.ab
Affiliations Udmurt State Universitya, University of Al-Qadisiyahb
Abstract Any binary relation $\sigma\subseteq X^2$ (where $X$ is an arbitrary set) generates on the set $X^2$ a characteristic function: if $(x,y)\in\sigma,$ then $\sigma(x,y)=1,$ otherwise $\sigma(x,y)=0.$ In terms of characteristic functions we introduce on the set of all binary relations of the set $X$ the concept of a binary reflexive relation of adjacency and determine an algebraic system consisting of all binary relations of the set and of all unordered pairs of various adjacent binary relations. If $X$ is a finite set then this algebraic system is a graph (“the graph of graphs’’). It is shown that if $\sigma$ and $\tau$ are adjacent relations then $\sigma$ is a reflexive-transitive relation if and only if $\tau$ is a reflexive-transitive relation. Several structure features of the graph $G(X)$ of reflexive-transitive relations are investigated. In particular, if $X$ consists of $n$ elements, and $T_0(n)$ is the number of labeled $T_0$-topologies defined on the set $X,$ then the number of connected components is equal to $\sum_{m=1}^nS(n,m) T_0(m-1),$ where $S(n,m)$ are Stirling numbers of second kind. $($It is well known that the number of vertices in a graph $G(X)$ is equal to $\sum_{m=1}^nS(n,m) T_0(m).)$
Keywords graph, reflexive-transitive relation, finite topology
UDC 519.175, 519.115.5
MSC 05C30
DOI 10.20537/vm150101
Received 12 November 2014
Language Russian
Citation Al' Dzhabri Kh.Sh. The graph of reflexive-transitive relations and the graph of finite topologies, Vestnik Udmurtskogo Universiteta. Matematika. Mekhanika. Komp'yuternye Nauki, 2015, vol. 25, issue 1, pp. 3-11.
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