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.

    xL(x¯,y¯)yL(y¯,x¯)

  2. 2.

    xA(x¯)B(x¯)

  3. 3.

    x(A(x¯)B(x¯))y(C(x¯)D(y¯))

  4. 4.

    xy[R(x¯,y¯)(J(z¯)K(x¯))]R(y¯,x¯)

  5. 5.

    x1(M(x2¯)L(x2¯,x1¯))x2L(x3¯,x2¯)