Symmetric Closure/Examples

Examples of Symmetric Closures

Arbitrary Example $1$

Let $S = \set {1, 2, 3, 4, 5}$ be a set.

Let $\RR$ be the relation on $S$ defined as:

$\RR = \set {\tuple {1, 2}, \tuple {2, 3}, \tuple {3, 4}, \tuple {5, 4} }$

The symmetric closure $\RR^\leftrightarrow$ of $\RR$ is given by:

$\RR^* = \set {\tuple {1, 2}, \tuple {2, 3}, \tuple {3, 4}, \tuple {5, 4}, \tuple {2, 1}, \tuple {3, 2}, \tuple {4, 3}, \tuple {4, 5} }$