REFLEXIVE-TRANSITIVE CLOSURES OF BINARY RELATIONS
Abstract
The paper is devoted to the mathematical foundations of the linearization algorithms – one of the
methods of names conflict resolution that occurs in object-oriented programming languages which support multiple
inheritance. The main object of study is the reflexive-transitive closure of a binary relation. The properties of this
closure are found: the criterion to be partial order, closure is the closure operator, three denotation representations of
closure in terms of its properties and as the least solution of some characteristic equation are established.
