Description : Check whether the relation R defined in the set {1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6} as R = {(a, b): b = a + 1} is reflexive, symmetric or transitive. -Maths 9th
Last Answer : Reflexive: R = {(a, b) : b = a +1} = {(a, a + l) : a, a + 1∈{l, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6}} = {(1, 2), (2, 3), (3, 4), (4, 5), (5, 6)} ⇒ R is not reflexive since (a, a) ∉R for all a. Symmetric: R is not symmetric as (a ... as (a, b) ∈ R and (b, c) ∈ R but (a, c) ∉ R e.g., (1, 2) ∈ R (2, 3) ∈ R but (1, 3) ∉R