Give an example of a relation. Which is
Reflexive and symmetric but not transitive.
Let us take A = {2,4,6}
Define a relation R on A as:
A = {(2,2), (4,4), (6,6), (2,4), (4,2), (4,6), (6,4)}
Relation of R is reflexive as for every a ϵ A,
(a,a) ϵ R
⇒ (2,2), (4,4), (6,6) ϵ R,
Relation R is symmetric as (a,b) ϵ R
⇒ (b,a) ϵ R for all a ,b ϵ R
And Relation R is not transitive as (2,4), (4,6) ϵ R,
but (2,6) ∉ R
Therefore, relation R is reflexive and symmetric but not transitive.