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Stuck on a First Order Logic Proof

 
 
Reply Mon 26 Sep, 2011 06:28 pm
I am stuck on a proof:
R is serial, R is symmetric, and R is Euclidean, entails R is reflexive. This translates to: (for all x)(there exists a y)Rxy, (for all x)(for all y)(Rxy->Ryx),(for all x)(for all y)(for all z)((Rxy&Rxz)->Ryz) entails (for all x)Rxx

Please help! I don't understand how you can ever get to Rxx. I think I am missing some rule about substitution or universal introduction...
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Reply Tue 27 Sep, 2011 11:45 am
@hannahnobanana,
Serial: x => xRy (for some y)
Symmetric: xRy => yRx
Euclidean: yRx, yRx => xRx
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