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    Symbolic Logic (quick easy question)

    It was quite a while since I took logic, but shouldn't this work? 1 (1) ~(P & Q) Premise (2) P v ~P LEM 3 (3) P Assumption 4 (4) Q Assumption 3,4 (5) P & Q 3,4 &I 1,3,4 (6) absurd 1,5 ~E 1,3 (7) ~Q...
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    Is a*b equal to LCM(a,b)*HCF(a,b)? Help me understand the proof.

    p_1, \ldots, p_n are all the prime factors from both a and b. Note that if p_k is a prime factor in a but not in b, then f_k will be 0. As for a link, I guess you could look at MathWorld, though I'm not sure it includes the details you seek. But I would encourage you to think about what hcf...
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    Is a*b equal to LCM(a,b)*HCF(a,b)? Help me understand the proof.

    If a = p_1^{e_1} \cdot p_2^{e_2} \cdots p_n^{e_n}, b = p_1^{f_1} \cdot p_2^{f_2} \cdots p_n^{f_n}, where p_i are unique prime numbers and e_i \ge 0, f_i \ge 0, then \text{hcf}(a,b) = p_1^{\min(e_1,f_1)} \cdots p_n^{\min(e_n, f_n)}, \text{lcm}(a,b) = p_1^{\max(e_1,f_1)} \cdots...
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