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Prove that Every Identity Relation on a Set is Reflexive, but the Converse is Not Necessarily True. - Mathematics

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Prove that every identity relation on a set is reflexive, but the converse is not necessarily true.

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Let A be a set. Then,

Identity relation IA=IA is reflexivesince (a, aAa

The converse of it need not be necessarily true.
Consider the set A = {1, 2, 3}

Here,
Relation = {(1, 1), (2, 2) , (3, 3), (2, 1), (1, 3)} is reflexive on A.
However, R is not an identity relation.

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Chapter 1: Relations - Exercise 1.1 [Page 11]

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