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Reflexive Closure


The reflexive closure of a binary relation R on a set X is the minimal reflexive relation R^' on X that contains R. Thus aR^'a for every element a of X and aR^'b for distinct elements a and b, provided that aRb.


See also

Reflexive, Reflexive Reduction, Relation, Transitive Closure

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Weisstein, Eric W. "Reflexive Closure." From MathWorld--A Wolfram Web Resource. https://mathworld.wolfram.com/ReflexiveClosure.html

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