Relation Reflexivity

Theorem
Every relation has exactly one of these properties: it is either:
 * reflexive,
 * antireflexive or
 * non-reflexive.

Proof
A reflexive relation can not be antireflexive, and vice versa:


 * $$\left({x, x}\right) \in \mathcal{R} \iff \lnot \left({\left({x, x}\right) \notin \mathcal{R}}\right)$$

By the definition of non-reflexive, a reflexive relation can not also be non-reflexive.

So a reflexive relation is neither antireflexive nor non-reflexive.

An antireflexive relation can be neither reflexive (see above) nor non-reflexive (by the definition of non-reflexive).

By its own definition, if a relation is neither reflexive nor antireflexive, then it is non-reflexive.