Problem #PRU-5077

Problems Mathematical logic

Problem

There are \(24\) children in a class. Some pairs of children are friends. The friendship relation satisfies the following rules:

  • If someone (say Alice) is a friend of someone else (say Bob), then Bob is a friend of Alice.

  • If Alice is a friend of Bob and Bob is a friend of Claire, then Alice is also a friend of Claire.

Therefore Alice must be friends with herself. Is this reasoning correct?