Ch 4 Quantifiers, negation and proof techniques Flashcards
1
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Formula for negating a statement
A
Change all ‘for all’ symbols with ‘there exists’ and vice versa. Change s.t A to s.t not A
2
Q
How to prove one statement is a negation of the other
A
They will have opposite truth tables
3
Q
Proof techniques
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Indirect proof Contrapositive proof (to prove if A then B, instead prove if not B then not A)
4
Q
Negation of ‘A implies B’
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A and not B
5
Q
Going from infinite unions and intersections to sets general rule
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Unions give an interval, intersections give numbers