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CBSE Notes Class 12 Chapter 1 - Relations and Functions

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CBSE Notes Class 12 Chapter 1 – Relations and

Functions
Relations
A relation can be mathematically defined as the linking or connection between two different
objects or quantities.
Examples of relations:
(i) {(a, b) ∈ A × B: a is brother of b},
(ii) {(a, b) ∈ A × B: a is sister of b},
(iii) {(a, b) ∈ A × B: age of a is greater than age of b},
(iv) {(a, b) ∈ A × B: total marks obtained by a in the final examination is less than the
total marks obtained by b in the final examination},
(v) {(a, b) ∈ A × B: a lives in the same locality as b}. However, abstracting from this, we
define mathematically a relation R from A to B as an arbitrary subset of A × B.

Types of Relations
 Empty Relation
 Universal Relation
 Reflexive Relation
 Symmetric relation
 Transitive relation
 Equivalence relation

Empty Relation: A relation R in a set A is called empty relation, if no element of A is related


to any element of A, i.e., R = φ ⊂ A × A.
Universal Relation: A relation R in a set A is called universal relation, if each element of A is
related to every element of A, i.e., R = A × A.

Reflexive Relation: A relation R in a set A is said to be an equivalence relation if R is

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reflexive, symmetric and transitive.
Symmetric relation R in X is a relation satisfying (a, b) ∈ R implies (b, a) ∈ R.
Transitive relation R in X is a relation satisfying (a, b) ∈ R and (b, c) ∈ R implies that (a, c) ∈
R.
Equivalence relation R in X is a relation which is reflexive, symmetric and transitive.

Functions
Functions are defined as a special kind of relations.

Types of Functions
1) One-one Function
A function f : X → Y is one-one (or injective) if f(x1) = f(x2) ⇒ x1 = x2 ∀ x1 , x2 ∈ X.

2) Onto Function
A function f : X → Y is onto (or surjective) if given any y ∈ Y, ∃ x ∈ X such that f(x) = y.

3) One-One and Onto Function


A function f : X → Y is one-one and onto (or bijective), if f is both one-one and onto.

Composition of functions
The composition of functions f : A → B and g : B → C is the function gof : A → C given by
gof(x) = g(f(x)) ∀ x ∈ A.

Invertible Function
A function f : X → Y is invertible if ∃ g : Y → X such that gof = IX and fog = IY .
Condition- A function f : X → Y is invertible if and only if f is one-one and onto.

Binary Operation
A binary operation can be defined as the set of operations such as addition, subtraction,

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division and multiplication that are usually carried out to an arbitrary set called ‘X’. The
operations that ensue, in order to obtain a result for the following pair of elements such a, b
from X to another element of X is called as a binary operation.

A binary operation ∗ on a set A is a function ∗ from A × A to A.


Properties
 An element e ∈ X is the identity element for binary operation ∗ : X × X → X, if a ∗ e = a =
e∗a∀a∈X
 An element a ∈ X is invertible for binary operation ∗ : X × X → X, if there exists b ∈ X
such that a ∗ b = e = b ∗ a where, e is the identity for the binary operation ∗. The element
b is called inverse of a and is denoted by a–1 .
 An operation ∗ on X is commutative if a ∗ b = b ∗ a ∀ a, b in X.
 An operation ∗ on X is associative if (a ∗ b) ∗ c = a ∗ (b ∗ c)∀ a, b, c in X.

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