Chapter 7: Boolean Algebra
1. Write the duals of the following expressions:
a. 𝑎𝑎(𝑏𝑏𝑏𝑏′)
b. (𝑎𝑎′ + 𝑏𝑏)′ + 𝑎𝑎𝑎𝑎′
2. Use perfect induction to prove the following:
a. 𝑎𝑎(𝑎𝑎′ + 𝑏𝑏) = 𝑎𝑎𝑎𝑎
b. 𝑎𝑎𝑎𝑎′ + 𝑐𝑐 = 𝑏𝑏𝑏𝑏 + 𝑏𝑏′(𝑎𝑎 + 𝑐𝑐)
c. (𝑎𝑎 + 𝑏𝑏)(𝑎𝑎 + 𝑏𝑏′) = 𝑎𝑎
3. Find the complement for each of the following using De Morgan's laws:
a. 𝑥𝑥(𝑦𝑦′ + 𝑧𝑧′)
b. 𝑦𝑦(𝑥𝑥𝑥𝑥 + 𝑥𝑥′𝑧𝑧′)
c. 𝑥𝑥 + 𝑥𝑥′𝑦𝑦
4. Obtain the complete sum-of-products and the complete product-of-sums
forms for each of the following expressions:
a. (𝑥𝑥 + 𝑦𝑦)′(𝑥𝑥 + 𝑧𝑧)
b. (𝑥𝑥𝑥𝑥′)′(𝑥𝑥′ + 𝑥𝑥𝑥𝑥′𝑥𝑥)
c. 𝑥𝑥 + 𝑦𝑦
d. 𝑥𝑥(𝑦𝑦𝑦𝑦′)′
e. 𝑥𝑥 + 𝑥𝑥′𝑦𝑦