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Exercise 7

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Consider the statement “there exists a real number yy such that xy=1xy=1 for all non-zero real numbers xx”.

  1. Write down two predicates P(x)P(x) and Q(x)Q(x) in symbols such that the above statement is “∀x,(P(x)  ⟹  Q(x))\forall x,(P(x)\implies Q(x))”.

  2. Negate the above statement, writing your answer in symbolic notation.

Kan, A Complete Introduction to Abstract Algebra, Preliminaries, Mathematical Logic, Exercise 7

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