(definition)
Definition: A binary relation R for which there is no element a such that a R a.
See also reflexive, antisymmetric.
Note: The relation "less than" is irreflexive since no number is less than itself.
Author: PEB
After Eric W. Weisstein's World of Mathematics entry irreflexive.
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Paul E. Black, "irreflexive", from
Dictionary of Algorithms and Data
Structures, Paul E. Black, ed.,
NIST.
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