5 votes 5 votes How many transitive relations are there on a set with n elements if a)n=1 b) n=2 c) n=3 Sanjay Sharma asked Mar 7, 2017 Sanjay Sharma 47.5k views answer comment Share Follow See all 2 Comments See all 2 2 Comments reply yashdand15 commented Jul 25, 2021 reply Follow Share A={ } then no of transitive relations are 1. A={1},no of transitive relations are 2. A={1,2},no of transitive relations are 13. A={1,2,3},no of transitive relations are 171. A={1,2,3,4},no of transitive relations are 3994. 1 votes 1 votes ankit3009 commented Dec 29, 2021 reply Follow Share Number of transitive relations on n labelled nodes. 19 1, 2, 13, 171, 3994, 154303, 9415189, 878222530,... 0 votes 0 votes Please log in or register to add a comment.
Best answer 10 votes 10 votes https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Transitive_relation#Counting_transitive_relations https://www.quora.com/How-do-I-find-number-of-transitive-relations-on-a-set On the basis of given link, There is No general formula to counts the number of transitive relations on a finite set. a) n=1, number of transitive relations will be 2 b) n=2, number of transitive relations will be 13 There are direct formulas to count other types of relations. No. of relations =2mn No. of reflexive relations =2 n(n-1) No. of irreflexive relations = 2 n(n-1) No. of symmetric relations = 2 n(n+1)/2 No. of asymmetric relations = 3 n(n-1)/2 No. of Anti Symmetric Relations = 2 n * 3 n(n-1)/2 I hope te answer is helpful :) sh!va answered Mar 7, 2017 • edited Jul 31, 2018 by Sanjay Sharma sh!va comment Share Follow See all 3 Comments See all 3 3 Comments reply 2018 commented Mar 7, 2017 reply Follow Share some correction in ans. for n=2 it should be 13 and for n=3 it should be 171 3 votes 3 votes sarika commented Jul 17, 2017 reply Follow Share case : n=1 Let A={a}, then two relations are possible - empty relation and R={(a,a)} Both are transitive, so answer must be 2. 4 votes 4 votes superak96 commented Aug 22, 2018 reply Follow Share For n=1 and n=2, its quite easy to list all relations out and then filter, but how you did it for n=3? 0 votes 0 votes Please log in or register to add a comment.
0 votes 0 votes https://cs.uwaterloo.ca/journals/JIS/VOL7/Pfeiffer/pfeiffer6.pdf Please refer to this paper. first take 2 elements (pair) at a time and then take 3 elements ata time in sequence to form transitive relation. SUMIT LAHIRI answered Aug 10, 2018 SUMIT LAHIRI comment Share Follow See 1 comment See all 1 1 comment reply Johnny1001 commented Jan 15, 2023 reply Follow Share a) If n = 1, then there is 1 transitive relation on the set. b) If n = 2, then there are 3 transitive relations on the set. c) If n = 3, then there are 14 transitive relations on the set. 0 votes 0 votes Please log in or register to add a comment.