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Let . Then the relation is
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symmetric but neither reflexive nor transitive
We have,
Reflexive: A relation on a set is said to be reflexive if every element of is related to itself.
Thus,
does not satisfy
Hence is not reflexive.
Symmetric: A relation is symmetric on a set iff
Now on interchanging and we get, which is always true for given set,
Hence is symmetric.
Transitive: A relation on is said to be transitive relation iff
Now taking and so does not satisfy ,
Hence, is not transitive and not equivalence.
Therefore, is only Symmetric.
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