Mathematic structure Exam
1. Propositional logic:
(a) Know truth tables for ¬,∧,∨,→,↔, and be able to build truth tables for compound propositions.
(b) Negations (2.1.3).
(c) Conditional rules (2.1.3).
2. Quantifiers (2.2.2):
(a) Limiting: ∀x(W(x) → C(x)) and ∃y(W(x) ∧ C(x)).
(b) Proposition 4,5: Difference between ∀x∃yK(x, y) and ∃y∀xK(x, y).
(c) HW 3.
(d) Negation: Proposition 2,3.
(e) Express at least, at most, and exactly.
3. Proofs:
(a) Direct proofs: Propositions 8, 23∗, HW 4, 5.
(b) Contraposition: Proposition 10∗, HW 6. √
(c) Proof by contradiction: Proposition 13∗, 3 2 is irrational, Proposition 36∗, use with LEA.
(d) Proof by cases Proposition 15.
(e) Proofs of equivalence: Proposition 16.
(f) Existence proofs: Propositions 17, 18, 20, Theorem 28∗.
(g) LEA: Proposition 21, HW 7, 8; Theorem 24∗ for a ≥ 0; Lemma 27∗.
(h) Induction: Theorem 36∗; Proposition 37, HW 7, 8; Lemma 38∗; Theorem 39, 40, HW 11.