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 | | Transitive Relation Again the definition says if (a,b) and (b,c) is present then (a,c) has to be present to make the relation transitive. |
 | | Transitivity ------------ A relation R on a set A is transitive if: "For all x,y,z in A, ((x,y) in R) AND ((y,z) in R)) -> (x,z) in R" Note that x,y,z need not be different. |
 | | Consider now the relation: R = {(1,2),(2,1)} In this case, if we let x = 1, y = 2, z = 1, we see that (x,y) = (1,2) is in R (y,z) = (2,1) is in R (x,z) = (1,1) is not in R and this shows that the relation is not transitive. |
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