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Prove that the relation "less than" in the set of natural number is transitive but not reflexive and symmetric.

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Because of any `x,y,zepsilonN, xlty` and `yltzimpliesxgtzimpliesxRy` and `yRzimpliesxRz`. So `R` is transitive.
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