CS486 Problem Set 9
DUE: 4/17/03
- 1.
- a)
- We give a finite model of a semigroup that is not commutative.
Clearly,
satisfies ref, sym, and
trans. Likewise,
satisifies
subst, functionality, and assoc.
Hence,
is a
semigroup. Furthermore,
; hence
is not a
commutative semigroup.
- b)
- We give a finite model of a commutative semigroup that is not a
monoid.
Clearly,
satisfies ref, sym, and
trans. Likewise,
satisifies
subst, functionality, assoc, and
comm. Hence,
is a commutative semigroup. Furthermore,
does not satisfy ident; hence
is not a monoid.
- 2.
- Consider the Boolean ring
; that is, in addition to the ring axioms, we
assume the following axiom:
We also assume the following axiom (although it may be provable from the previous axioms):
We first prove two useful derived theorems:
- ident
-with
:
- comm
:
Define
,
, and
as follows:
We prove the following laws using the Boolean ring axioms:
- (1)
-
- (2)
-
- (3)
-
- (4)
-
- (5)
-
- (6)
-
- (7)
-
- 3.
-
is a field.
Clearly,
satisfies ref, sym, and
trans,
satisfies subst and
functionality, and
satisifes subst
and functionality. By inspection, we see that
satisfies assoc and comm, is the identity
element for
, and
satisfies inv.
By inspection, we see that
satisfies assoc and
comm, is the identity element for
, and
satisfies inv'. Furthermore, we see that
satisfies Z. Finally, we see that
and
satisfy distrib.
- 4.
- Define
. We
prove the seven axioms of discrete linear orders for
from the Peano axioms.
We assume that all of the axioms of integral domains have been
proven from the Peano axioms.
We first prove some useful lemmas:
- lemma1:
- lemma2:
- lemma3:
- lemma4:
- lt-asym:
- lt-trans:
- lt-linear:
- lt-discrete:
- lt-0-1:
- lt-mono-+:
- lt-mono-*:
Juanita Heyerman
2003-04-24