Equivalence Relation/Examples/Non-Equivalence/Greater Than

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Example of Relation which is not Equivalence

Let $\R$ denote the set of real number.

Let $>$ denote the usual relation on $\R$ defined as:

$\forall \tuple {x, y} \in \R \times \R: x > y \iff \text { $x$ is (strictly) greater than $y$}$

Then $>$ is not an equivalence relation.


Proof

We have that $>$ is transitive:

$x > y, y > z \implies x > z$


But $>$ is not reflexive:

$\forall x: x \not > x$

$>$ is not symmetric:

$x > y \implies y \not > x$

So $\sim$ is not symmetric.


So $\sim$ is not an equivalence relation.

$\blacksquare$


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