# Showing equivalence relation and class for a square

Writing $I=\left [ 0,1 \right ]$ and $I^{2}=\left \{ \left ( x,y \right ):x,y \in I \right \}$,

define for $x,y \in I$

• $\left ( x,y \right )\sim \left ( x,y \right )$
• $\left ( 0,y \right )\sim \left ( 1,y \right )\sim \left ( 0,y \right )$
• $\left ( x,0 \right )\sim \left ( x,1 \right )\sim \left ( x,0 \right )$
• $\left ( 0,0 \right ) \sim \left ( 1,1 \right ),\left ( 1,1 \right )\sim \left ( 0,0 \right ),\left ( 1,0 \right ) \sim \left ( 0,1 \right ),\left ( 0,1 \right )\sim \left ( 1,0 \right )$

Question: Show that $\sim$ is an equivalence relation and give a geometrical representation of the set $I^{2}/\sim$ of equivalence class.

I have an idea of what is going on geometrically but I do not quite understand how I should go about determining the equivalence relation in this question.

Any help is appreciated.

• You must show that $\sim$ is reflexive, symmetric, and transitive. Which of these are you stuck on and what have you tried? – grndl Sep 18 '16 at 7:28