agop (version 0.2.4)

rel_is_reflexive: Reflexive Binary Relations

Description

A binary relation \(R\) is reflexive, iff for all \(x\) we have \(xRx\).

Usage

rel_is_reflexive(R)

rel_closure_reflexive(R)

rel_reduction_reflexive(R)

Value

The rel_closure_reflexive and rel_reduction_reflexive functions return a logical square matrix. dimnames

of R are preserved.

On the other hand, rel_is_reflexive returns a single logical value.

Arguments

R

an object coercible to a 0-1 (logical) square matrix, representing a binary relation on a finite set.

Details

rel_is_reflexive finds out if a given binary relation is reflexive. The function just checks whether all elements on the diagonal of R are non-zeros, i.e., it has \(O(n)\) time complexity, where \(n\) is the number of rows in R. Missing values on the diagonal may result in NA.

A reflexive closure of a binary relation \(R\), determined by rel_closure_reflexive, is the minimal reflexive superset \(R'\) of \(R\).

A reflexive reduction of a binary relation \(R\), determined by rel_reduction_reflexive, is the minimal subset \(R'\) of \(R\), such that the reflexive closures of \(R\) and \(R'\) are equal i.e., the largest irreflexive relation contained in \(R\).

See Also

Other binary_relations: check_comonotonicity(), pord_nd(), pord_spread(), pord_weakdom(), rel_graph(), rel_is_antisymmetric(), rel_is_asymmetric(), rel_is_cyclic(), rel_is_irreflexive(), rel_is_symmetric(), rel_is_total(), rel_is_transitive(), rel_reduction_hasse()