Strict preorders/partial orders.

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What is it that universal hashing makes impossible?
Back: The ability of an adversary forcing the worst-case running time of hash table operations.
Back: Forcing the worst-case running time of hash table operations.
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What is a preorder on $A$?
Back: A binary relation reflexive on $A$ and transitive.
Back: A binary relation on $A$ that is reflexive on $A$ and transitive.
Reference: “Preorder,” in _Wikipedia_, July 21, 2024, [https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Preorder](https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Preorder&oldid=1235839474).
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A **strict preorder** replaces reflexivity with irreflexivity. That is, $R$ is a strict preorder on $A$ iff $R$ is a binary relation on set $A$ that is irreflexive on $A$ and transitive.
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What distinguishes a preorder from a strict preorder?
Back: Strict preorders are irreflexive.
Reference: “Preorder,” in _Wikipedia_, July 21, 2024, [https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Preorder](https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Preorder&oldid=1235839474).
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What is a strict preorder on $A$?
Back: A binary relation on $A$ that is irreflexive on $A$ and transitive.
Reference: “Preorder,” in _Wikipedia_, July 21, 2024, [https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Preorder](https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Preorder&oldid=1235839474).
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What makes a strict preorder more strict than a non-strict preorder?
Back: Strict preorders do not allow relating members to themselves.
Reference: “Preorder,” in _Wikipedia_, July 21, 2024, [https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Preorder](https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Preorder&oldid=1235839474).
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*Why* isn't $R = \{\langle a, a \rangle\}$ a strict preorder on $\{a\}$?
Back: $R$ isn't irreflexive.
Reference: “Preorder,” in _Wikipedia_, July 21, 2024, [https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Preorder](https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Preorder&oldid=1235839474).
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*Why* isn't $R = \{\langle a, b \rangle, \langle b, c \rangle, \langle a, c \rangle\}$ a strict preorder on $\{a, b, c\}$?
Back: N/A. It is.
Reference: “Preorder,” in _Wikipedia_, July 21, 2024, [https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Preorder](https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Preorder&oldid=1235839474).
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*Why* isn't $R = \{\langle a, a \rangle, \langle b, b \rangle \}$ a strict preorder on $\{a, b\}$?
Back: $R$ isn't irreflexive.
Reference: “Preorder,” in _Wikipedia_, July 21, 2024, [https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Preorder](https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Preorder&oldid=1235839474).
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A {1:strict} preorder is equivalent to a {1:strict} partial order.
Reference: “Preorder,” in _Wikipedia_, July 21, 2024, [https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Preorder](https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Preorder&oldid=1235839474).
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*Why* is a strict preorder also a strict partial order?
Back: Irreflexivity and transitivity imply asymmetry (and antisymmetry).
Reference: “Preorder,” in _Wikipedia_, July 21, 2024, [https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Preorder](https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Preorder&oldid=1235839474).
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What equivalence in order theory serves as a mnemonic for "irreflexivity and transitivity imply asymmetry"?
Back: A strict preorder is equivalent to a strict partial order.
Reference: “Preorder,” in _Wikipedia_, July 21, 2024, [https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Preorder](https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Preorder&oldid=1235839474).
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## Partial Orders
$R$ is a **partial order on $A$** iff $R$ is a binary relation on set $A$ that is reflexive on $A$, antisymmetric, and transitive.
In other words, a partial order is an antisymmetric preorder.
$R$ is a **partial order on $A$** iff $R$ is a binary relation on set $A$ that is reflexive on $A$, antisymmetric, and transitive. In other words, a partial order is an antisymmetric preorder.
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*Why* isn't $R = \{\langle a, a \rangle, \langle b, c \rangle\}$ a partial order on $\{a, b\}$?
*Why* isn't $R = \{\langle a, a \rangle, \langle b, c \rangle\}$ a partial order on $\{a, b, c\}$?
Back: N/A. It is.
Reference: “Partially Ordered Set,” in _Wikipedia_, June 22, 2024, [https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Partially_ordered_set](https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Partially_ordered_set&oldid=1230452839).
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*Why* isn't $R = \{\langle a, a \rangle, \langle b, c \rangle, \langle c, b \rangle\}$ a partial order on $\{a, b\}$?
*Why* isn't $R = \{\langle a, a \rangle, \langle b, c \rangle, \langle c, b \rangle\}$ a partial order on $\{a, b, c\}$?
Back: It isn't antisymmetric.
Reference: “Partially Ordered Set,” in _Wikipedia_, June 22, 2024, [https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Partially_ordered_set](https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Partially_ordered_set&oldid=1230452839).
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A **strict partial order** replaces reflexivity with irreflexivity. That is, $R$ is a strict partial order on $A$ iff $R$ is a binary relation on set $A$ that is irreflexive on $A$, antisymmetric, and transitive.
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What distinguishes a partial order from a strict partial order?
Back: Strict partial orders are irreflexive.
Reference: “Partially Ordered Set,” in _Wikipedia_, June 22, 2024, [https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Partially_ordered_set](https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Partially_ordered_set&oldid=1230452839).
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What is a strict partial order on $A$?
Back: A binary relation on $A$ that is irreflexive on $A$, antisymmetric, and transitive.
Reference: “Partially Ordered Set,” in _Wikipedia_, June 22, 2024, [https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Partially_ordered_set](https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Partially_ordered_set&oldid=1230452839).
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What makes a strict partial order more strict than a non-strict partial order?
Back: Strict partial orders do not allow relating members to themselves.
Reference: “Partially Ordered Set,” in _Wikipedia_, June 22, 2024, [https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Partially_ordered_set](https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Partially_ordered_set&oldid=1230452839).
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Operator {$<$} typically denote a {strict} partial order.
Reference: “Partially Ordered Set,” in _Wikipedia_, June 22, 2024, [https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Partially_ordered_set](https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Partially_ordered_set&oldid=1230452839).
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Operator {$\leq$} typically denote a {non-strict} partial order.
Reference: “Partially Ordered Set,” in _Wikipedia_, June 22, 2024, [https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Partially_ordered_set](https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Partially_ordered_set&oldid=1230452839).
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*Why* isn't $R = \{\langle a, a \rangle, \langle b, b \rangle\}$ a strict partial order?
Back: N/A. The question must provide a reference set.
Reference: “Partially Ordered Set,” in _Wikipedia_, June 22, 2024, [https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Partially_ordered_set](https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Partially_ordered_set&oldid=1230452839).
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*Why* isn't $R = \{\langle a, a \rangle, \langle b, c \rangle\}$ a strict partial order on $\{a, b, c\}$?
Back: Because it isn't irreflexive.
Reference: “Partially Ordered Set,” in _Wikipedia_, June 22, 2024, [https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Partially_ordered_set](https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Partially_ordered_set&oldid=1230452839).
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*Why* isn't $R = \{\langle a, c \rangle, \langle b, c \rangle\}$ a strict partial order on $\{a, b, c\}$?
Back: N/A. It is.
Reference: “Partially Ordered Set,” in _Wikipedia_, June 22, 2024, [https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Partially_ordered_set](https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Partially_ordered_set&oldid=1230452839).
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*Why* isn't $R = \{\langle a, b \rangle, \langle b, c \rangle, \langle c, b \rangle\}$ a strict partial order on $\{a, b\}$?
Back: It is neither antisymmetric nor transitive.
Reference: “Partially Ordered Set,” in _Wikipedia_, June 22, 2024, [https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Partially_ordered_set](https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Partially_ordered_set&oldid=1230452839).
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## Equivalence Relations
$R$ is an **equivalence relation on $A$** iff $R$ is a binary relation on set $A$ that is reflexive on $A$, symmetric, and transitive.