classe d'équivalence
- Domaine
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- mathématiques
Termes :
- classe d'équivalence n. f.
- classe de la partition n. f.
- classe liée à l'équivalence n. f.
Traductions
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anglais
Auteur : Institut libre Marie Haps,Définition
Set of all elements that are related to each other according to a given equivalence relation.
Note :
Two elements belong to the same equivalence class if and only if they are equivalent according to some equivalence relation R. In general, two different equivalence classes of the same equivalence relation have no elements in common - their intersection is empty. In other words, two equivalence classes are identical if they have one element in common.
Termes :
- equivalence class
- equivalence set
- equivalence block