A Method to Find the Transitive Closure of A Relation by Matrix
Wang Hong-shan
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Wang Hong-shan
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A method to find the transitive closure of a relation on a finite set by computing its matrix are introduced in this paper. It is easy and useful. We can also compute reachability matrix of a digraph by this method.
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A method to find the transitive closure of a relation on a finite set by computing its matrix are introduced in this paper. It is easy and useful. We can also compute reachability matrix of a digraph by this method.
Key concepts: Transitive closure, Digraph, Reachability, Transitive relation, Closure (psychology), Transitive reduction, Relation (database), Matrix (chemical analysis)