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MATH 3181 Section 001 Fall, 1996

HOMEWORK SET 2

Bee and hive are undefined terms. They are related by the following set of Axioms

P1:
Every hive is a collection of bees.
P2:
Any two distinct hives have one and only one bee in common.
P3:
Every bee belongs to two and only two hives.
P4:
There are exactly four hives.

Prove the following Propositions.

  1. There are exactly six bees.
  2. There are exactly three bees in each hive.
  3. For each bee there is exactly one other bee not in the same hive with it.

Geometry Problems
  1. If the point B lies between the points A and C and the point E lies between the points D and F and if and , prove that
  2. Given , prove that for any point B between A and C there is a unique point E between D and F such that .




David C Royster
Mon Sep 9 21:01:51 EDT 1996