Exercise 6.5.12

Show that ( ω 2 ) 2 ω 2 2 2 .

Answers

Proof. We have

( ω 2 ) 2 = ( ω 2 ) ( ω 2 ) (by Example 6.5.10a) = [ ω ( 2 ω ) ] 2 (by the associativity of multiplication) = ( ω ω ) 2 (by Lemma ??) = ω 2 2

whereas

ω 2 2 2 = ω 2 4

so that the two are clearly not equal by Exercise 6.5.7b since 2 4 and ω 2 0 . □

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