Solutions to Chapter 45 Normal forms

A. Consider the following sentences:

  1. 1.

    (A¬B)

  2. 2.

    ¬(AB)

  3. 3.

    (¬A¬(AB))

  4. 4.

    (¬(AB)(AC))

  5. 5.

    (¬(AB)((¬C¬A)¬B))

  6. 6.

    ((¬(A¬B)C)¬(AD))

For each sentence, find an equivalent sentence in DNF and one in CNF. We give a solution for (2). The truth table for ¬(AB) is:

A B ¬(AB)
T T F
T F T
F T T
F F F

A sentence in DNF can be read off from lines 2 and 3:

(A¬B)(¬AB)

and one in CNF from lines 1 and 4:

(¬A¬B)(AB).