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The document discusses key concepts in discrete mathematics including: 1) Logical equivalences such as identity laws, domination laws, and De Morgan's laws. 2) Field axioms including additive identity, additive inverse, and distributivity. 3) Rules of inference like modus ponens, modus tollens, and disjunctive syllogism. 4) Set identities involving unions, intersections, complements, and De Morgan's laws.

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The document discusses key concepts in discrete mathematics including: 1) Logical equivalences such as identity laws, domination laws, and De Morgan's laws. 2) Field axioms including additive identity, additive inverse, and distributivity. 3) Rules of inference like modus ponens, modus tollens, and disjunctive syllogism. 4) Set identities involving unions, intersections, complements, and De Morgan's laws.

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Discrete Mathematics

Logical Equivalences

• Identity laws p∧T≡p p∨F≡p

• Domination laws p∨T≡T p∧F≡F

• Idempotent laws p∨p≡p p∧p≡p

• Commutative laws p∨q ≡q∨p p∧q ≡q∧p

• Double-negation law ¬(¬p) ≡ p

• Associative laws
(p ∨ q) ∨ r ≡ p ∨ (q ∨ r) (p ∧ q) ∧ r ≡ p ∧ (q ∧ r)

• Distributive laws
p ∨ (q ∧ r) ≡ (p ∨ q) ∧ (p ∨ r) p ∧ (q ∨ r) ≡ (p ∧ q) ∨ (p ∧ r)

• De Morgan’s laws
¬(p ∧ q) ≡ ¬p ∨ ¬q ¬(p ∨ q) ≡ ¬p ∧ ¬q

• More logical equivalences


p → q ≡ ¬p ∨ q p → q ≡ ¬q → ¬p p ∨ q ≡ ¬p → q
p ∧ q ≡ ¬(p → ¬q) p ↔ q ≡ (p → q) ∧ (q → p) p ↔ q ≡ ¬p ↔ ¬q

Field Axioms

1. ∀x (x + 0 = x) (Additive Identity)
2. ∀x ∃y (x + y = 0) (Additive Inverse)
3. ∀x ∀y (x + y = y + x) (Addition Commutativity)

4. ∀x ∀y ∀z (x + y) + z = x + (y + z) (Addition Associativity)
5. ∀x (1 · x = x) (Multiplicative Identity)
6. ∀x ∃y (x 6= 0 → x · y = 1) (Multiplicative Inverse)
7. ∀x ∀y (x · y = y · x) (Multiplication Commutativity)

8. ∀x ∀y ∀z (x · y) · z = x · (y · z) (Multiplication Associativity)

9. ∀x ∀y ∀z x · (y + z) = x · y + x · z) (Distributivity)
Discrete Mathematics

Rules of Inference

Modus Ponens Modus Tollens


1. p → q 1. p → q
2. p 2. ¬q
∴ q ∴ ¬p

Hypothetical Syllogism Disjunctive Syllogism


1. p→q 1. p∨q
2. q→r 2. ¬p
∴ p→r ∴ q

Addition Rule Simplification Rule


p p∧q
∴ p∨q ∴ p

Conjunction Rule Resolution Rule


1. p 1. p∨q
2. q 2. ¬p ∨ r
∴ p∧q ∴ q∨r

Universal Instantiation
∀xP (x)
∴ P (c) where c is a particular element of the domain

Universal Generalisation
P (c) for any arbitrary element c
∴ ∀xP (x)

Existential Instantiation
∃xP (x)
∴ P (c) for some element c

Existential Generalisation
P (c) for some particular element c
∴ ∃xP (x)
Discrete Mathematics

Set Identities

Let A, B, C be sets and U be the universal set which contains all objects under consider-
ation. In particular, each of A, B, C is a subset of U .

Identity Laws A∩U =A


A∪∅=A
Domination Laws A∪U =U
A∩∅=∅
Idempotent Laws A∪A=A
A∩A=A
Complementation Laws (A) = A

Commutative Laws A∪B =B∪A


A∩B =B∩A
Associative Laws A ∪ (B ∪ C) = (A ∪ B) ∪ C
A ∩ (B ∩ C) = (A ∩ B) ∩ C
Distributive Laws A ∪ (B ∩ C) = (A ∪ B) ∩ (A ∪ C)
A ∩ (B ∪ C) = (A ∩ B) ∪ (A ∩ C)
Complement Laws A∪A=U
A∩A=∅
De Morgan’s Laws A∩B =A∪B
A∪B =A∩B

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