absorptive laws

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absorptive laws [əb′sȯrp·tiv ‚lȯz]

(mathematics)

Either of two laws satisfied by the operations, usually denoted ∪ and ∩, on a Boolean algebra, namelya∪ (a∩b) =aanda∩ (a∪b) =a, whereaandbare any two elements of the algebra; if the elements of the algebra are sets, then ∪ and ∩ represent union and intersection of sets.

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