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Theory of Computation
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Theory of Computation

by George Tourlakis
April 2012
Intermediate to advanced
416 pages
10h 40m
English
Wiley
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1.8  ADDITIONAL EXERCISES

  1. Let us first define: The set of propositional formulae of, say, set theory, denoted here by Prop, is the smallest set such that

(1) Every Boolean variable is in Prop (cf. 1.1.1.26)

(2) If images and images are in Prop, then so are (¬images) and (images) —where I used Images as an abbreviation of any member of {⋀, ⋁, →, ≡}.

If we call WFF the set of all formulae of set theory as defined in 1.1.1.3, then show that WFF = Prop.

Hint. This involves two structural inductions, one each over WFF and Prop.

  2. Prove the general case of proof by cases (cf. 1.1.1.48): imagesimages, imagesimages ⊢ ⋁ → ⋁ .

  3. Let us prove ...

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