Equivalence relation

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In mathematics, an equivalence relation is a binary relation that is at the same time a reflexive relation, a symmetric relation, and a transitive relation.

As a consequence of these properties an equivalence relation provides a partition of a set into [{Equavalence class|equivalence classes]].

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