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The reflexive closure of a binary Relation 
 on a Set 
 is the minimal Reflexive Relation 
 on 
that contains 
. Thus 
 for every element 
 of 
 and 
 for distinct elements 
 and 
, provided that 
.
See also Reflexive Reduction, Reflexive Relation, Relation, Transitive Closure