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Discrete Math (Ch 1-2)
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Mathematics
Undergraduate 1
02/19/2011

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Division Algorithm
Definition
given n and p, there is a unique q and r; n=pq+r such that 0 is less than or equal to r < p
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Primes
Definition
p is greater than or equal to 2 and the only positive divisors of p are 1 and p
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The Fundamental Theorem of Arithmetic
Definition
every positive integer can be written uniquely (up to order) as a product of primes
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gcd (a,b)
Definition
largest integer that divides both a and b
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Relatively Prime
Definition
gcd (a,b)=1 (two numbers that have no common divisors other than 1)
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Power Set
Definition
the set of all subsets of S; if A has n elements, the power set will have 2^n elements.
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Cardinality
Definition
the number of elements in a set; |A|
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Symmetric Difference
Definition
exclusive or
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Union
Definition
inclusive or
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Complement
Definition
the complement of set A is everything that is not in A
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Relative Complement
Definition
A\B= everything that is in A but not in B
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Alphabet
Definition
finite, nonempty set whose members are symbols
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Letters
Definition
the symbols that are members of an alphabet
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Word
Definition
any finite string of letters from an alphabet
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Function
Definition
Mathematical statement in which every input has exactly one output
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One-to-one Function
Definition
function in which every input goes to a different output
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Onto
Definition
every possible output is used
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Bijection/One-to-one Correspondence
Definition
a function that is onto and one-to-one
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De Morgan's Laws
Definition

1. Not (p OR q) iff not p AND not q

 

2. Not (p AND q) iff not p OR q

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Converse
Definition
given p-->q, the converse is q-->p
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Contrapositive
Definition
given p-->q, contrapositive is not q--> not p
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