- Reflexive and transitive.
- Reflexive and symmetric.
- Symmetric and transitive.
- An equivalence relation.
- Reflexive and symmetric.
Solution:
Reflexivity: Let $\text{x}\in\text{R.}$ Then,
$\text{x}-\text{x}=0<1$
$\Rightarrow\ |\text{x}-\text{x}|\leq1$
$\Rightarrow\ (\text{x, x})\in\text{R}$ for all $\text{x}\in\text{Z}$
So, R is reflexive on Z.
Symmetry: Let $\text{x, y}\in\text{R.}$ Then,
$|\text{x}-\text{y}|\leq0$
$\Rightarrow\ |-(\text{y}-\text{x})|\leq1$
$\Rightarrow\ |(\text{y}-\text{x})|\leq1$ [Since |x - y| = |y - x|]
$\Rightarrow\ (\text{y, x})\in\text{R}$ for all $\text{x, y}\in\text{Z}$
So, R is symmetric on Z.
Transitivity: Let $(\text{x, y})\in\text{R}$ and $(\text{y, z})\in\text{R}.$ Then,
$|\text{x}-\text{y}|\leq1$ and $|\text{y}-\text{z}|\leq1$
⇒ It is not always true that $|\text{x}-\text{y}|\leq1.$
$\Rightarrow\ (\text{x, z})\notin\text{R}$
So, R is not transitive on Z.
