Exercise 6.2.4

Which of the following statements are true?

(a) If X and Y are transitive, then X Y is transitive.

(b) If X and Y are transitive, then X Y is transitive.

(c) If X Y and Y is transitive, then X is transitive.

(d) If X Y and Y is transitive, then X is transitive.

(e) If Y is transitive and S 𝒫 ( Y ) , then Y S is transitive.

Answers

(a) We claim that this is true.

Proof. Consider any x X Y . If x X then x X since X is transitive. Since also X X Y we clearly have that x X X Y . We can make the same argument if it is the case that x Y . Hence since x was arbitrary this shows that X Y is indeed transitive. □

(b) We claim that this is true.

Proof. Consider any x X Y . Then x X and x Y . Since X and Y are transitive this means that x X and x Y . So consider any y x then y X and y Y so that y X Y . Hence since y was arbitrary it follows that x X Y so that X Y is transitive since x was arbitrary. □

(c) We claim that this is not true.

Proof. It was shown in Exercise 6.2.3 part (a) that Y = { , { } , { { } } } is transitive. So let X = { { } } so that clearly X Y . If then x = { } then x X but x is not a subset of X since X . Hence the original hypothesis is not true. □

(d) We claim that this is not true.

Proof. Again Y = { , { } , { { } } } is transitive so let X = { { } , { { } } } so that clearly X Y . Then if x = { } then x X but x is not a subset of X because X . Thus the original hypothesis is false. □

(e) We claim that this is true.

Proof. Consider any x Y S . If x Y then since Y is transitive x Y . Hence x Y Y S . On the other hand if x S then x 𝒫 ( Y ) since S 𝒫 ( Y ) Hence x Y Y S . Since in all cases x Y S and x was arbitrary this shows that Y S is transitive by definition. □

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