Math Problem Statement

Draw the hasse diagram of the subsets of S= {a, b, c, d} with the inclusion relation “⊆”.

Solution

The Hasse diagram is a graphical representation of a partially ordered set (poset) where each element is a subset of S={a,b,c,d}S = \{ a, b, c, d \}, and the ordering is based on the subset relation (\subseteq).

Steps to construct the Hasse diagram:

  1. Find all subsets of SS: The set S={a,b,c,d}S = \{ a, b, c, d \} has 24=162^4 = 16 subsets, ranging from the empty set to SS itself.

    Subsets of SS are: ,{a},{b},{c},{d},{a,b},{a,c},{a,d},{b,c},{b,d},{c,d},{a,b,c},{a,b,d},{a,c,d},{b,c,d},{a,b,c,d}\emptyset, \{a\}, \{b\}, \{c\}, \{d\}, \{a, b\}, \{a, c\}, \{a, d\}, \{b, c\}, \{b, d\}, \{c, d\}, \{a, b, c\}, \{a, b, d\}, \{a, c, d\}, \{b, c, d\}, \{a, b, c, d\}

  2. Visualize the poset: The empty set \emptyset will be at the bottom, and SS itself will be at the top. Each subset will be placed above the ones it is a superset of, with edges indicating direct inclusion.

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Hasse Diagram Description:

  1. Levels of the diagram:

    • Level 0: The bottom-most level will contain the empty set, \emptyset.
    • Level 1: The next level will contain all the single-element subsets: {a},{b},{c},{d}\{a\}, \{b\}, \{c\}, \{d\}.
    • Level 2: The following level will have the two-element subsets: {a,b},{a,c},{a,d},{b,c},{b,d},{c,d}\{a, b\}, \{a, c\}, \{a, d\}, \{b, c\}, \{b, d\}, \{c, d\}.
    • Level 3: The next level will have the three-element subsets: {a,b,c},{a,b,d},{a,c,d},{b,c,d}\{a, b, c\}, \{a, b, d\}, \{a, c, d\}, \{b, c, d\}.
    • Level 4: The top-most level will have the full set {a,b,c,d}\{a, b, c, d\}.
  2. Edges:

    • An edge should exist between two subsets if one is directly contained within the other. For example, there will be an edge between \emptyset and {a}\{a\}, {a}\{a\} and {a,b}\{a, b\}, etc.

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Math Problem Analysis

Mathematical Concepts

Set Theory
Posets
Hasse Diagrams
Subset Relation

Formulas

Number of subsets = 2^n for a set of size n

Theorems

Hasse Diagram Construction Theorem

Suitable Grade Level

Grades 10-12