Exercise 6.2.1

A set X is transitive if and only if X 𝒫 ( X ) .

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Proof. ( ) Suppose that X is a transitive set and consider any x X . Then x X since X is transitive. Thus x 𝒫 ( X ) so that, since x was arbitrary, X 𝒫 ( X ) .

( ) Now suppose that X 𝒫 ( X ) and consider any x X . Then also x 𝒫 ( X ) so that x X . Hence, since x was arbitrary, X is transitive by definition. □

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