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The binary relation $S= \phi \text{(empty set)}$ on a set $A = \left \{ 1,2,3 \right \}$ is

1. Neither reflexive nor symmetric
2. Symmetric and reflexive
3. Transitive and reflexive
4. Transitive and symmetric
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if set A is also empty set then in that case , set S will become Reflexive.

$S=\emptyset$ (empty set) on a set $A = \{1,2,3\}$ is Irreflexive, Symmetric, Anti Symmetric, Asymmetric, Transitive..
but it is not Reflexive.

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why it is not reflexive ?
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what is meaning of S= empty set on set A={1,2,3}  ??
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learncp A relation 'R' on set A said to be reflexive if  ( x R x ) ∀x ∈ A . It means all diagonal element should be present here .But here no (x,x) type relation is present in given empty set. thats why it is not reflexive.

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got it ...

@leaencp @LeenSharma

why it is not reflexive ??

Because ... S does not contain (1,1), (2,2) and (3,3) ordered pair.
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yes,Right . All (1,1) (2,2) and (3,3) should be present in the relation .
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can anyone explain how it is Irreflexive, Symmetric, Anti Symmetric, Asymmetric, Transitive by giving example.
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Ritesh Pratap Singh this question is the simplest example

A relation on a set A is by definition a subset R⊆(A×A). Then "a is related to b" means "(a,b)∈R. The empty relation is then just the empty set, so that "a is related to b" is always false.
Hence R= empty set implying it is symmetric,antisymmetric and transitive trivially but not reflexive since by definition any reflexive relation should contain all elements of the form (a,a) for all a in A

Relation S is defined as a set in which no element of A is related to any element.

This means that R is an empty relation.

Empty relation with empty set holds Reflexivity, Transitivity, Symmetric, Anti-Symmetric
This empty relation would match all conditions vacuously because there are no conditions to check(no elements)

Empty relation with non-empty set holds Transitivity, Symmetric, Anti-Symmetric but not reflexivity because set is non-empty and there are conditions to check for reflexive property.

In this particular question set A is non empty hence answer is D) Transitive and symmetric

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