De Morgan’s Laws

De Morgan’s laws describe fundamental relationships between set operations or logical operators. They play a key role in logic, set theory, and Boolean algebra. These two laws are:

1. First Law:
   $\neg (A \land B) = \neg A \lor \neg B$
   (The negation of a conjunction is the disjunction of the negations.)

2. Second Law:
   $\neg (A \lor B) = \neg A \land \neg B$
   (The negation of a disjunction is the conjunction of the negations.)

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Proof of De Morgan's Laws (using Truth Tables)

Proof of the First Law:

$\neg (A \land B) = \neg A \lor \neg B$

$A$	$B$	$A \land B$	$\neg (A \land B)$	$\neg A$	$\neg B$	$\neg A \lor \neg B$
T	T	T	F	F	F	F
T	F	F	T	F	T	T
F	T	F	T	T	F	T
F	F	F	T	T	T	T

From the truth table, the columns for $\neg (A \land B)$ and $\neg A \lor \neg B$ are identical, proving the first law.

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Proof of the Second Law:

$\neg (A \lor B) = \neg A \land \neg B$

$A$	$B$	$A \lor B$	$\neg (A \lor B)$	$\neg A$	$\neg B$	$\neg A \land \neg B$
T	T	T	F	F	F	F
T	F	T	F	F	T	F
F	T	T	F	T	F	F
F	F	F	T	T	T	T

Similarly, the truth table shows that the columns for $\neg (A \lor B)$ and $\neg A \land \neg B$ are identical, proving the second law.

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Set Theory Form of De Morgan's Laws

1. First Law:
   $(A \cap B)^c = A^c \cup B^c$

2. Second Law:
   $(A \cup B)^c = A^c \cap B^c$

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Proof of Set Theory Form Using Basic Properties

Let $x$ be any element in the universal set. We prove the laws using element arguments.

• Proof of the First Law:
  $x \in (A \cap B)^c$ means $x$ is not in both $A$ and $B$.
  This implies $x \notin A$ or $x \notin B$, which means $x \in A^c \cup B^c$.

  Therefore, $(A \cap B)^c = A^c \cup B^c$.

• Proof of the Second Law:
  $x \in (A \cup B)^c$ means $x$ is not in either $A$ or $B$.
  This implies $x \notin A$ and $x \notin B$, which means $x \in A^c \cap B^c$.

  Therefore, $(A \cup B)^c = A^c \cap B^c$.

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Tip: When working with logic expressions, De Morgan’s laws are essential for transforming negated complex conditions into simpler forms.