De Morgan's Laws

🅟 Feb 22, 2026

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PROP-DMG. De Morgan’s Laws.

Let $X$ be a set and write

\[\overline{A} = X\setminus A.\]

For any $A$, $B\subseteq X$:

  1. \[\overline{A\cup B} = \overline{A}\cap\overline{B}.\]
  2. \[\overline{A\cap B} = \overline{A}\cup\overline{B}.\]

More generally, for any $A\subseteq\powerset(X)$:

  1. \[\overline{\bigcup A} = \bigcap_{Y\in A}\overline{Y}.\]
  2. \[\overline{\bigcap A} = \bigcup_{Y\in A}\overline{Y}.\]