HMMT 二月 2004 · 团队赛 · 第 8 题
HMMT February 2004 — Team Round — Problem 8
题目详情
- [20] Prove that a ? b = b ? a for all a, b ∈ S . Let T be the set of elements of the form a ? a for a ∈ S .
解析
- Prove that a ? b = b ? a for all a, b ∈ S . Solution: We have a ? b = ( b ? a ) ? ( b ? a ) = ([ a ? b ] ? [ a ? b ]) ? ([ a ? b ] ? [ a ? b ]) = [ a ? b ] ? [ a ? b ] = b ? a. 3 Let T be the set of elements of the form a ? a for a ∈ S .