Exercise 6.2.2

A set X is transitive if and only if X X .

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Proof. ( ) Suppose that X is transitive and consider any y X . Then there is an x X such that y x . Since X is transitive and x X we have that x X so that y X as well. Since y was arbitrary this shows that X X .

( ) Now suppose that X X and consider any x X . If x = then clearly x X . So suppose that x and consider any y x . Then since x X it follows that y X so that also y X . So since y was arbitrary it follows that x X . Since x was arbitrary by definition X is transitive. □

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