Exercise · ZW-PARTIAL-ORDER-RELATION-005 · ★★☆ Intermediate
Why is \(<\) on \(\mathbb{Z}\) not a partial order?
Choose one option.
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- B. It is not reflexive
Explanation
No \(a\) satisfies \(a<a\), so reflexivity fails. It is transitive and (vacuously) antisymmetric, and every distinct pair is comparable.
Review the concept: Partial order relation
A relation \(\preceq\) on a set \(S\) that is reflexive, antisymmetric and transitive, and therefore orders some pairs of elements of \(S\).
\[a\preceq a;\quad (a\preceq b\ \wedge\ b\preceq a)\Rightarrow a=b;\quad (a\preceq b\ \wedge\ b\preceq c)\Rightarrow a\preceq c\]
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