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148 problems · Proof techniques, quantifiers, sets, maps and cardinality.

Ex.182Congruence is an equivalence relation
#relations #modular arithmetic
Relations
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Ex.183De Morgan's law for sets
#sets #proofs
Sets and maps
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Ex.186Injective or surjective?
#maps #bijection
Sets and maps
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Ex.218Cardinality of finite sets
#finite sets #cardinality #bijection
Countability and cardinality
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High school
Ex.219$\mathbb{N}$ is countably infinite
#naturals #countably infinite #identity
Countability and cardinality
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High school
Ex.248Proof by counterexample
#counterexample #disproof #universal statement
Proof techniques
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High school
Ex.249De Morgan's laws
#De Morgan #logic #negation
Proof techniques
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High school
Ex.250Direct proof
#direct proof #implication #even odd
Proof techniques
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High school
Ex.251Geometric sum by induction
#induction #geometric series #sum
Induction
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High school
Ex.252Proof by induction: sum of first $n$ integers
#induction #sum #integers
Induction
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High school
Ex.253Summary of induction
#summary #induction #techniques
Induction
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High school
Ex.267The existential quantifier
#existential quantifier #exists #example
Quantifiers and negation
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High school
Ex.268The universal quantifier
#universal quantifier #forall #proposition
Quantifiers and negation
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High school
Ex.269Double negation
#double negation #logic #equivalence
Quantifiers and negation
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High school
Ex.270Proving an existential statement
#existential proof #example #witness
Quantifiers and negation
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High school
Ex.271Universal over a finite set
#finite quantifier #forall #conjunction
Quantifiers and negation
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High school
Ex.272Binary relations
#binary relation #definition #examples
Relations
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High school
Ex.273Reflexive relations
#reflexive #relation #definition
Relations
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Ex.274Symmetric relations
#symmetric #relation #definition
Relations
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Ex.275Transitive relations
#transitive #relation #definition
Relations
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Ex.277Basic set operations
#sets #union #intersection #complement
Sets and maps
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High school
Ex.278The empty set
#empty set #uniqueness #axioms
Sets and maps
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High school
Ex.279Subset relations
#subset #inclusion #definition
Sets and maps
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High school
Ex.286Cartesian product with seven elements
#Cartesian product #cardinality #impossible
Sets and maps
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Ex.323Bernoulli's inequality
#induction #inequalities
Induction
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Ex.329Negating convergence
#quantifiers #sequences
Quantifiers and negation
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Ex.337Sum of squares by induction
#induction #sums
Induction
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High school
Ex.341The integers are countable
#bijection #countability
Countability and cardinality
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Ex.416Countable sets
#countable #denumerable #enumeration
Countability and cardinality
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Ex.417Hilbert's hotel
#Hilbert hotel #infinite #bijection
Countability and cardinality
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High school
Ex.418Infinite sets
#infinite sets #Dedekind #proper subset
Countability and cardinality
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High school
Ex.419$\mathbb{Z}$ is countable
#integers #countability #bijection
Countability and cardinality
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Ex.420Summary of cardinality
#summary #cardinality
Countability and cardinality
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High school
Ex.495Proof by contradiction
#contradiction #irrationality #sqrt2
Proof techniques
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High school
Ex.496Proof by contraposition
#contrapositive #implication #odd
Proof techniques
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High school
Ex.497Contrapositive with primes
#contrapositive #prime #divisibility
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Ex.498Converse, inverse, contrapositive
#implication #converse #contrapositive
Proof techniques
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High school
Ex.499Bernoulli's inequality by induction
#induction #Bernoulli #inequality
Induction
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Ex.500Sum of squares by induction
#induction #sum of squares #integers
Induction
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High school
Ex.501Proof by cases
#proof by cases #parity #absolute value
Proof techniques
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High school
Ex.502A parity case analysis
#cases #parity #square
Proof techniques
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High school
Ex.503A tautology
#propositional logic #tautology #truth table
Proof techniques
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High school
Ex.504Negating quantifiers
#quantifiers #negation #logic
Proof techniques
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High school
Ex.505Summary of logic and proof techniques
#summary #proof #logic
Proof techniques
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High school
Ex.558Bounded quantifiers
#bounded quantifiers #notation #domain
Quantifiers and negation
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Ex.559Quantifier over a finite set
#finite quantifier #exists #disjunction
Quantifiers and negation
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High school
Ex.560Negating an existential statement
#negation #existential #exists
Quantifiers and negation
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High school
Ex.561Negating a universal statement
#negation #universal #forall
Quantifiers and negation
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High school
Ex.562Summary of quantifiers and negation
#summary #quantifiers #negation
Quantifiers and negation
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High school
Ex.563The uniqueness quantifier
#uniqueness #exists unique #quantifier
Quantifiers and negation
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Ex.564Refuting a universal statement
#refutation #counterexample #forall
Quantifiers and negation
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High school
Ex.565Antisymmetric relations
#antisymmetric #relation #definition
Relations
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Ex.566Equivalence classes
#equivalence class #congruence #quotient
Relations
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Ex.567Equivalence relations
#equivalence relation #reflexive #symmetric #transitive
Relations
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Ex.568Partial orders
#partial order #poset #subsets
Relations
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Ex.572Cardinality of finite sets
#cardinality #finite sets #inclusion-exclusion
Sets and maps
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High school
Ex.573Cartesian product
#Cartesian product #ordered pair #cardinality
Sets and maps
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High school
Ex.574Complement laws
#complement #De Morgan #laws
Sets and maps
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High school
Ex.575Distributive laws for sets
#distributivity #union #intersection
Sets and maps
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High school
Ex.576The power set
#power set #subsets #cardinality
Sets and maps
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High school
Ex.577Relations and their graphs
#relation #binary relation #graph
Sets and maps
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Ex.578Symmetric difference
#symmetric difference #XOR #sets
Sets and maps
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Ex.626Inclusion and complement
#inclusion #complement #direct proof #contradiction
Sets and maps
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Ex.627Inclusion and union with the complement
#inclusion #complement #equivalence
Sets and maps
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Ex.628Cardinality of the power set
#power set #cardinality #induction
Sets and maps
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Ex.817The cardinal $\aleph_0$
#aleph zero #notation #cardinality
Countability and cardinality
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Ex.818The cardinality of the continuum
#continuum #cardinality #2^aleph0
Countability and cardinality
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Ex.819$\mathbb{Q}$ is dense but countable
#rationals #density #countability
Countability and cardinality
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Ex.820Cantor's diagonal argument
#diagonal argument #Cantor #uncountability
Countability and cardinality
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Ex.821Comparing cardinalities
#comparison #injection #bijection
Countability and cardinality
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Ex.822$\mathbb{N}^2$ is countable
#N squared #diagonal #bijection
Countability and cardinality
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Ex.823Countable product
#product #countable #product rule
Countability and cardinality
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Ex.824$\mathbb{Q}$ is countable
#rationals #countability #surjection
Countability and cardinality
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Ex.1031Proving an equivalence
#equivalence #iff #proof
Proof techniques
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Ex.1032Coins and strong induction
#induction #coins #Frobenius
Induction
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Ex.1033Full binary tree node count
#induction #binary tree #structural
Induction
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Ex.1034Divisibility by induction
#induction #divisibility #powers
Induction
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Ex.1035An identity for Fibonacci numbers
#induction #Fibonacci #identity
Induction
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Ex.1036Towers of Hanoi
#induction #Hanoi #recurrence
Induction
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Ex.1037Exponential inequality by induction
#induction #inequality #exponential
Induction
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Ex.1038Fibonacci growth bound
#induction #Fibonacci #growth
Induction
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Ex.1039$n!$ vs $2^n$
#induction #factorial #exponential
Induction
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Ex.1040Induction and periodicity
#induction #periodicity #recurrence
Induction
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Ex.1041Product by induction
#induction #product #telescoping
Induction
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Ex.1042Strong induction
#strong induction #prime factorization
Induction
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Ex.1043Sum of cubes
#induction #sum of cubes
Induction
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Ex.1044A factorial identity
#induction #factorial #identity
Induction
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Ex.1045Existence proofs
#existence #constructive #non-constructive
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Ex.1046Order of quantifiers
#quantifiers #order #logic
Proof techniques
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Ex.1150Quantifier absorption
#quantifier absorption #vacuous quantifier
Quantifiers and negation
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Ex.1151Renaming bound variables
#alpha-conversion #bound variable #renaming
Quantifiers and negation
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Ex.1152De Morgan's laws for quantifiers
#De Morgan #quantifiers #negation
Quantifiers and negation
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Ex.1153The $\varepsilon$-$\delta$ definition of limit
#epsilon-delta #quantifiers #limit
Quantifiers and negation
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Ex.1154Existence and uniqueness proof
#existence #uniqueness #proof
Quantifiers and negation
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Ex.1155A false $\exists\forall$ statement
#exists forall #false #counterexample
Quantifiers and negation
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Ex.1156A quantified implication
#forall implies #existential #mixed
Quantifiers and negation
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Ex.1157Free and bound variables
#free variable #bound variable #quantifier
Quantifiers and negation
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Ex.1158Quantifiers in induction proofs
#induction #quantifiers #base case
Quantifiers and negation
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Ex.1159Quantifiers in convergence of sequences
#convergence #epsilon #sequences
Quantifiers and negation
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Ex.1160Negating nested quantifiers
#negation #nested quantifiers #forall exists
Quantifiers and negation
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Ex.1161Negating the uniqueness quantifier
#negation #uniqueness #exists unique
Quantifiers and negation
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Ex.1162Order of quantifiers matters
#quantifier order #forall exists #difference
Quantifiers and negation
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Ex.1163Vacuous truth
#vacuous truth #forall #empty set
Quantifiers and negation
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Ex.1164Hasse diagram
#Hasse diagram #covering #poset
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Ex.1165Equivalence classes form a partition
#partition #equivalence classes #proof
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Ex.1166Partitions induce equivalence relations
#partition #equivalence #converse
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Ex.1167Total orders
#total order #comparability #real numbers
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Ex.1176Arbitrary unions and intersections
#arbitrary union #arbitrary intersection #family
Sets and maps
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Ex.1177Equivalence classes and partitions
#equivalence class #partition #quotient
Sets and maps
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Ex.1178Equivalence relations
#equivalence relation #reflexive #symmetric #transitive
Sets and maps
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Ex.1179Partial orders
#partial order #poset #relation
Sets and maps
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Ex.1180Total orders
#total order #comparability #poset
Relations
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Ex.1283Two implications imply the negation of $p$
#implication #truth table #contradiction
Proof techniques
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Ex.1284The barber's paradox
#self-reference #paradox #implication
Quantifiers and negation
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Ex.1285Three numbers with signs
#sign analysis #implications #logic puzzle
Quantifiers and negation
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Ex.1463Cantor's theorem
#diagonal argument #sets
Countability and cardinality
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Ex.1558Cantor–Bernstein theorem
#Cantor-Bernstein #bijection #injections
Countability and cardinality
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Ex.1559The Cantor set is uncountable
#Cantor set #uncountable #ternary
Countability and cardinality
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Ex.1560Cantor's theorem
#Cantor theorem #power set #larger cardinality
Countability and cardinality
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Ex.1561Finite subsets of $\mathbb{N}$
#finite subsets #countable #naturals
Countability and cardinality
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Ex.1562Ordinals vs cardinals
#ordinals #cardinals #distinction
Countability and cardinality
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Ex.1563$|\mathcal{P}(\mathbb{N})|=|\mathbb{R}|$
#power set #reals #cardinality
Countability and cardinality
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Ex.1564$\mathbb{R}$ is uncountable
#reals #uncountable #Cantor diagonal
Countability and cardinality
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Ex.1565Countable union of countable sets
#countable union #diagonalization #countable
Countability and cardinality
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Ex.1755Euler characteristic by induction
#induction #Euler characteristic #trees
Induction
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Ex.1756Determinant of a matrix by induction
#induction #matrix #determinant
Induction
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Ex.1757Existence of quotient and remainder
#strong induction #division #quotient
Induction
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Ex.1758Every positive integer is a sum of non-consecutive Fibonacci numbers
#induction #Fibonacci #Zeckendorf
Induction
Olympiad
Olympiad
Ex.1759Representation of integers
#strong induction #representation #powers
Induction
Olympiad
Olympiad
Ex.1760Tiling by induction
#induction #tiling #L-tromino
Induction
Olympiad
Olympiad
Ex.1761Russell's paradox (statement)
#Russell paradox #sets #self-reference
Proof techniques
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Ex.1857Alternation depth of quantifiers
#quantifier alternation #depth #complexity
Quantifiers and negation
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Ex.1858Scope of quantifiers
#scope #quantifiers #ambiguity
Quantifiers and negation
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Ex.1859When distribution fails
#distribution #counterexample #quantifier
Quantifiers and negation
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Ex.1860Proving a quantified statement with $\exists\forall$
#exists forall #nested #olympiad
Quantifiers and negation
Olympiad
Olympiad
Ex.1861Logical equivalence of quantified statements
#equivalence #quantifiers #distribution
Quantifiers and negation
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Ex.1862Negating a complex statement
#negation #practice #nested
Quantifiers and negation
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Ex.1863Prenex normal form
#prenex form #quantifiers #normal form
Quantifiers and negation
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Ex.1864A statement with a specific structure
#epsilon #forall #exists
Quantifiers and negation
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Ex.1882Russell's paradox
#Russell paradox #set theory #self-reference
Sets and maps
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Ex.2096Baire category theorem (statement)
#Baire #category #uncountable
Countability and cardinality
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Ex.2097Cantor function
#Cantor function #cardinality #devil staircase
Countability and cardinality
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Ex.2098Trichotomy of cardinals (statement)
#trichotomy #cardinals #choice
Countability and cardinality
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Ex.2099The continuum hypothesis (statement)
#continuum hypothesis #aleph #independence
Countability and cardinality
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Ex.2100The generalized continuum hypothesis (statement)
#GCH #generalized continuum #set theory
Countability and cardinality
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Ex.2101Infinite subsets of $\mathbb{N}$
#infinite subsets #uncountable #power set
Countability and cardinality
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Ex.2102Proof of Cantor–Bernstein–Schröder
#Cantor-Bernstein #proof #bijection
Countability and cardinality
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Ex.2177Real induction (statement)
#real induction #intervals #completeness
Induction
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