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$A=\{0,1,2,3, \ldots\}$ is the set of non-negative integers. Let $F$ be the set of functions from $A$ to itself. For any two functions, $f_{1}, f_{2} \in \mathrm{~F}$, we...
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Out of a group of $21$ persons, $9$ eat vegetables, $10$ eat fish and $7$ eat eggs. $5$ persons eat all three. How many persons eat at least two out of the three dishes?
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Let $R$ be a binary relation on the set $\{1,2, \ldots, 10\}$, where $(x, y) \in R$ if the product of $x$ and $y$ is square of an integer. Which of the following properti...
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Let $\left(\{ p,q \},*\right)$ be a semigroup where $p*p=q$. Show that:$p*q=q*p$ and$q*q=q$
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What is the possible number of reflexive relations on a set of $5$ elements?$2^{10}$$2^{15}$$2^{20}$$2^{25}$
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The number of onto functions (surjective functions) from set $X = \{1, 2, 3, 4\}$ to set $Y=\{a,b,c\}$ is ______.
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Let $G_1$ and $G_2$ be subgroups of a group $G$.Show that $G_1 \cap G_2$ is also a subgroup of $G$.Is $G_1 \cup G_2$ always a subgroup of $G$?.
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How many true inclusion relations are there of the form $A \subseteq B$, where $A$ and $B$ are subsets of a set $S$ with $n$ elements?
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Let $A$ be a set with $n$ elements. Let $C$ be a collection of distinct subsets of $A$ such that for any two subsets $S_1$ and $S_2$ in $C$, either $S_1 \subset S_2$ or $...
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The number of bijections $f(\cdot)$ from the set $S=\{1,2,3,4\}$ to itself such that $f(f(n))=n$, for all $n \in S$, is $\_\_\_\_\_\_\_$. (Answer in integer)
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Consider the following relations on $\{1,2,3,4\}$. Which of the following relations are reflexive?$\mathrm{R}_{1}=\{(1,1),(1,2),(2,1),(2,2),(3,4),(4,1),(4,4)\}$$\mathrm{R...
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Let $Z_{n}$ be the group of integers $\{0,1,2, \ldots, n-1\}$ with addition modulo $n$ as the group operation. The number of elements in the group $Z_{2} \times Z_{3} \ti...
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The set $\{1,2,3,5,7,8,9\}$ under multiplication modulo $10$ is not a group. Given below are four possible reasons. Which one of them is false?It is not closed$2$ does no...
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Consider the set $H$ of all $3 * 3$ matrices of the type $$\left( \begin{array}{ccc} a & f & e \\ 0 & b & d \\ 0 & 0 & c \end{array} \right)$$ where $a,b,c,d,e$ and $f$ a...
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The set \(\{1, 2, 4, 7, 8, 11, 13, 14\}\) is a group under multiplication modulo $15$. The inverses of $4$ and $7$ are respectively:$3$ and $13$$2$ and $11$$4$ and $13$$8...
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Consider the following sets, where $n \geq 2$:$S_1$: Set of all $n \times n$ matrices with entries from the set $\{ a, b, c\}$$S_2$: Set of all functions from the set $\{...
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Let $X,Y,Z$ be sets of sizes $x, y$ and $z$ respectively. Let $W = X \times Y$ and $E$ be the set of all subsets of $W$. The number of functions from $Z$ to $E$ is$z^{2^{...
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Suppose $X$ and $Y$ are sets and $|X| \text{ and } |Y|$ are their respective cardinality. It is given that there are exactly $97$ functions from $X$ to $Y$. From this one...
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For the set $N$ of natural numbers and a binary operation $f : N \times N \to N,$ an element $z \in N$ is called an identity for $f,$ if $f (a, z) = a = f(z, a),$ for all...
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Let $\#$ be the binary operator defined as$X\#Y = X'+Y'$ where $X$ and $Y$ are Boolean variables.Consider the following two statements.$(S_1)$ $(P\#Q)\#R = P\#(Q\#R)$$(S_...
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The binary operator $\neq$ is defined by the following truth table.$$\begin{array}{|l|l|l|} \hline \textbf{p} & \textbf{q}& \textbf{p} \neq \textbf{q}\\\hline \text{0} & ...
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For two $n$-dimensional real vectors $P$ and $Q$, the operation $s(P,Q)$ is defined as follows:$$s(P,Q) = \displaystyle \sum_{i=1}^n (P[i] \cdot Q[i])$$Let $\mathcal{L}$ ...
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The number of possible commutative binary operations that can be defined on a set of $n$ elements (for a given $n$) is ___________.
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A non-zero polynomial $f(x)$ of degree 3 has roots at $x=1$, $x=2$ and $x=3$. Which one of the following must be TRUE? $f(0)f(4)< 0$$f(0)f(4) 0$$f(0)+f(4) 0$$f(0)+f(4)< 0...
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Let \(f : A \to B\) be an injective (one-to-one) function. Define \(g : 2^A \to 2^B\) as:\(g(C) = \left \{f(x) \mid x \in C\right\} \), for all subsets $C$ of $A$.Define ...
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Let $f: A \rightarrow B$ a function, and let E and F be subsets of $A$. Consider the following statements about images.$S_1: f(E \cup F) = f(E) \cup f(F)$$S_2: f(E \cap F...
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​​Let $\mathcal{F}$ be the set of all functions from $\{1, \ldots, n\}$ to $\{0,1\}$. Define the binary relation $\leqslant$ on $\mathcal{F}$ as follows:$\forall f, g \in...
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Which of the following is a cyclic group?The set of all integers under addition.The set of all real numbers under addition.The set of all integers under multiplication.Th...
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Let $(S, \leq)$ be a partial order with two minimal elements a and b, and a maximum element c. Let P: S \(\to\) {True, False} be a predicate defined on S. Suppose that P(...
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Consider the quadratic equation $x^2-13x+36=0$ with coefficients in a base $b$. The solutions of this equation in the same base $b$ are $x=5$ and $x=6$. Then $b=$ _____
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Let $S$ be a set of $n$ elements $\left\{1, 2,\ldots, n\right\}$ and $G$ a graph with $2^{n}$ vertices, each vertex corresponding to a distinct subset of $S$. Two vertice...
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The number of integers between $1$ and $500$ (both inclusive) that are divisible by $3$ or $5$ or $7$ is ____________ .
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Let $A$ be the set of all finite binary strings, including the empty string $\epsilon$. Define $F:A\to A$ as follows: $F(w)$ is obtained by writing $0$ before the string ...
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Let $A$ and $B$ be non-empty sets and let $f:A\to B$ be a function. For $S\subseteq A$, define $S^c=A-S$. For $Y\subseteq B$, define $Y^c=B-Y$. Which of the following sta...
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Find the domain of the function $F(x)=\sqrt{\ln(x-1)}+\ln\left(\dfrac{\sqrt{x+1}-2}{x^2-5x+6}\right)$.$[2,\infty)$ $(2,\infty)$ $(2,3)\cup(3,\infty)$ $[2,3)\cup(3,\infty)...
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Let $A=\{1,2,3,4,5,6\}$. Find the number of bijections $f:A\to A$ such that $f(1)\neq1$, $f(2)\neq2$, $f(3)\neq3$, and $f(4)=5$ if and only if $f(5)=4$.
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Let $A$ be the set of all non-constant linear functions from $\mathbb R$ to $\mathbb R$. Define $T:A\to\mathbb R$ by $T(\phi)=$ the unique real number $x$ for which $\phi...
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Let $F$ and $G$ be Boolean functions of degree $n$, where the order relation is defined by $F\leq G$ if and only if $F(x)\leq G(x)$ for every $x\in{0,1}^n$. Also define $...
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A $4$-ary boolean function is a function $f:\{0,1\}^4\to\{0,1\}$. Let $h$ be a fixed $4$-ary boolean function. We say that another $4$-ary boolean function $g$ is strongl...
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