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44 Logic P if and only if Q. P is a
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46 Logic Notice that when we plug i
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48 Logic There are two pairs of log
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50 Logic Likewise, a statement such
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52 Logic 2.8 More on Conditional St
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54 Logic Example 2.9 Consider Goldb
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56 Logic Example 2.10 Consider nega
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58 Logic Example 2.13 Negate the fo
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60 Logic 2.12 An Important Note It
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62 Counting Occasionally we may get
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64 Counting To answer this question
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66 Counting we can choose any one o
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68 Counting 3.2 Factorials In worki
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70 Counting We close this section w
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72 Counting Definition 3.2 If n and
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74 Counting Fact 3.3 ( ( ) n n! n I
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76 Counting 3.4 Pascal’s Triangle
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78 Counting coefficients 1 2 1. Sim
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80 Counting We seek the number of 3
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82 Counting 5. How many 7-digit bin
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CHAPTER 4 Direct Proof It is time t
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Definitions 87 4.2 Definitions A pr
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Definitions 89 it necessary to defi
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Direct Proof 91 So the setup for di
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Direct Proof 93 Here is another exa
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Direct Proof 95 This proposition te
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Treating Similar Cases 97 Propositi
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Treating Similar Cases 99 19. Suppo
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Contrapositive Proof 101 Since P
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Congruence of Integers 103 Proposit
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Mathematical Writing 105 Propositio
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Mathematical Writing 107 Since a |
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CHAPTER 6 Proof by Contradiction We
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Proving Statements with Contradicti
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Proving Conditional Statements by C
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Some Words of Advice 115 for intege
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Part III More on Proof
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120 Proving Non-Conditional Stateme
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122 Proving Non-Conditional Stateme
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124 Proving Non-Conditional Stateme
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126 Proving Non-Conditional Stateme
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128 Proving Non-Conditional Stateme
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130 Proofs Involving Sets Generally
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132 Proofs Involving Sets In practi
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134 Proofs Involving Sets Example 8
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136 Proofs Involving Sets Thus, sin
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138 Proofs Involving Sets Though it
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140 Proofs Involving Sets If we add
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142 Proofs Involving Sets so that d
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CHAPTER 9 Disproof E ver since Chap
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146 Disproof deciding whether a sta
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148 Disproof Example 9.2 Conjecture
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150 Disproof 9.3 Disproof by Contra
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CHAPTER 10 Mathematical Induction T
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154 Mathematical Induction This pic
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156 Mathematical Induction To round
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158 Mathematical Induction Proposit
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160 Mathematical Induction Strong i
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162 Mathematical Induction Proposit
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164 Mathematical Induction We next
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166 Mathematical Induction Proposit
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168 Mathematical Induction 13. For
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Part IV Relations, Functions and Ca
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174 Relations The set R encodes the
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176 Relations Exercises for Section
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178 Relations Example 11.7 Here A =
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180 Relations Example 11.8 Prove th
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182 Relations 11.2 Equivalence Rela
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184 Relations We close this section
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186 Relations 11.3 Equivalence Clas
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188 Relations Notationally, the uni
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190 Relations In a similar vein, [2
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192 Relations Exercises for Section
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CHAPTER 12 Functions You know from
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196 Functions value a to the output
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198 Functions To answer this, first
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200 Functions For more concrete exa
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202 Functions To see that g is surj
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204 Functions Although the underlyi
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206 Functions 12.4 Composition You
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208 Functions Proof. First suppose
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210 Functions A B a 1 a 1 b 2 b 2 c
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212 Functions We can check our work
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214 Functions If you continue your
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216 Cardinality of Sets On the othe
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218 Cardinality of Sets There is a
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220 Cardinality of Sets And saying
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222 Cardinality of Sets Here is a s
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224 Cardinality of Sets Beginning a
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226 Cardinality of Sets Exercises f
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228 Cardinality of Sets f : A → P
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230 Cardinality of Sets 13.4 The Ca
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232 Cardinality of Sets and the whi
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234 Cardinality of Sets Here are so
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236 Cardinality of Sets On the face
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Solutions Chapter 1 Exercises Secti
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240 Solutions Sketch the following
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242 Solutions 5. Sketch the sets X
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244 Solutions Section 1.8 1. Suppos
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246 Solutions Section 2.4 Without c
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248 Solutions 7. P ⇒ Q = (P∧
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250 Solutions Section 2.10 Negate t
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252 Solutions (b) How many such cod
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254 Solutions 5. How many 7-digit b
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256 Solutions 15. If n ∈ Z, then
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258 Solutions 7. Proposition Suppos
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260 Solutions 27. If a ≡ 0 (mod 4
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262 Solutions 7. If a, b ∈ Z, the
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264 Solutions This expresses a 3 +
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266 Solutions 19. If n ∈ N, then
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268 Solutions Chapter 8 Exercises 1
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270 Solutions 19. Prove that {9 n :
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272 Solutions 3. If n ∈ Z and n 5
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274 Solutions 25. For all a, b, c
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276 Solutions 5. If n ∈ N, then 2
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278 Solutions (2) Now assume the st
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280 Solutions 23. Use induction to
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282 Solutions Thus, with n + 1 line
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284 Solutions a b a b a b a b a b a
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286 Solutions Therefore 3x − 5z i
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288 Solutions Chapter 12 Exercises
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290 Solutions 13. Consider the func
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292 Solutions Section 12.5 Exercise
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294 Solutions 13. Let f : A → B b
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296 Solutions 11. Partition N into
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298 Solutions 7. Prove or disprove:
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300 Index notation, 197 one-to-one,