Exercise 1.4.3

For each of the following (false) statements draw a Venn diagram in which it fails:

(a)
A B = B A .
(b)
A B A .
(c)
A B C implies A B or A C .
(d)
B C A implies B A or C A .

Answers

(a) The following is an arrangement of A and B the demonstrates the falsehood:

In particular, A B is

while B A is

which are clearly not equal.

(b) This is demonstrated by the following sets:

Here A B so that A B = A , and hence A B is not a proper subset of A .

(c) Sets that contradict this assertion are shown below, in which A is shaded:

Here clearly A is a subset of B and C taken together (i.e. B C ), but also clearly is a subset of neither B nor C alone.

(d) Here is an example of sets that contradict this assertion, in which B C is shaded:

Clearly B C is a subset of A , but neither B not C alone are subsets of A .

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