Move Negations In
• deMorgan’s Law:
– Replace Ø(XÚY) with (ØX ÙØY)
– Replace Ø(XÙY) with (ØX Ú ØY)
Worked example:
(ØX Ú (YÙØZ)) Ù (Ø(YÙØZ) Ú X) =
(ØX Ú (YÙØZ)) Ù ((ØY Ú ØØZ) Ú X) =
(ØX Ú (YÙØZ)) Ù ((ØY Ú Z) Ú X) =
(ØX Ú (YÙØZ)) Ù (ØY Ú Z Ú X)
• At this point, you should only have complex sentences
made up of Ù, Ú, and literals