Solutions to Chapter 27 Sentences of FOL

A. Identify which variables are bound and which are free. We underline the bound variables, and overline the free variables.

  1. 1.
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    ∃x⁢L⁡(x¯,y¯)∧∀y⁢L⁡(y¯,x¯)

  2. 2.
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    ∀x⁢A⁡(x¯)∧B⁡(x¯)

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    ∀x⁢(A⁡(x¯)∧B⁡(x¯))∧∀y⁢(C⁡(x¯)∧D⁡(y¯))

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    ∀x⁢∃y⁢[R⁡(x¯,y¯)→(J⁡(z¯)∧K⁡(x¯))]∨R⁡(y¯,x¯)

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    ∀x1(M(x2¯)↔L(x2¯,x1¯))∧∃x2L(x3¯,x2¯)