Showing that the following isn't complete

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In summary, the conversation discusses the adequacy of the set {~,<->} and how one could show that it is not complete. The conversation also mentions finding an invariance among propositions built with these operators, but the speaker was unable to find one and is feeling frustrated. Another speaker suggests trying to prove that the operator -> cannot be expressed using only ~ and <->, and offers a potential proof method involving the even property. The conversation concludes with the original speaker thanking anyone who may have helped with this problem.
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Let's have a look at [tex]\left\{ \neg,\equiv\right\}[/tex]. How could one show that this isn't complete?

I've tried finding some sort of invariance that propositions built with these might have, but I couldn't find anything... I'm going crazy! :smile:
 
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The set {~,<->} is inadequate.

Proof? You might try to prove that operator -> can't be expressed by any combination of the operators ~ and <->.

A start would be to show that the truth table for any proposition that is made up of 2 or more propositional
symbols and only the operators ~ and <-> must have an even number of ones and an even number of zeros in its last column (call it the even property). I think it's pretty clear this would have to be done by induction.

Then argue that since -> has the odd property it can't be expressed using only ~ and <->.

(The operator -> could be replaced by either V or &.)
 
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Thanks, I did do this eventually, and just came back here now to thank anyone that might have answered.

So thanks!
 

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