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Robbins Conjecture

The conjecture that the equations for a Robbins algebra, commutativity, associativity, and the Robbins axiom

!(!(x v y) v !(x v !y))=x,

where !x denotes NOT and x v y denotes OR, imply those for a Boolean algebra. The conjecture was finally proven using a computer (McCune 1997).

See also

Boolean Algebra, Robbins Algebra, Robbins Axiom

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References

Kolata, G. "Computer Math Proof Shows Reasoning Power." New York Times, Dec. 10, 1996.McCune, W. "Solution of the Robbins Problem." J. Automat. Reason. 19, 263-276, 1997.McCune, W. "Robbins Algebras Are Boolean." http://www.cs.unm.edu/~mccune/papers/robbins/.

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Weisstein, Eric W. "Robbins Conjecture." From MathWorld--A Wolfram Web Resource. https://mathworld.wolfram.com/RobbinsConjecture.html

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