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OpenStudy (anonymous):

what is the negation of ∃!x P(x) ?

OpenStudy (anonymous):

There are none, or there are two or more.

OpenStudy (anonymous):

\[ [\forall x \quad \lnot P(x)]\lor[\exists x,y \quad x\neq y\land P(x)\land P(y)] \]

OpenStudy (anonymous):

oh ok.

OpenStudy (anonymous):

What were you expecting?

OpenStudy (anonymous):

I thought it was the only second condition

OpenStudy (anonymous):

what about for all x, p(x) ? is this also not ∃!x P(x) ?

OpenStudy (anonymous):

That won't work if there is only one \(x\) in our universal set.

OpenStudy (anonymous):

:o

OpenStudy (anonymous):

And if there were more than one, it would be included by the second condition.

OpenStudy (anonymous):

ahh i see. So it wouldn't work either in the case x being the only element in the universal set if the negation is the only the second condition, right?

OpenStudy (anonymous):

huhm... nvm. I don't even know what I meant by that :D

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