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Past exam of the year 1 of the computer science course of the University of Oxford / 2022 / Digital systems, linear algebra, introduction to formal proof / 8 / f / ii / Solution by

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The term $x + z$ is free for substitution for $z$ . The only free occurrence of the target

z

is in the outside disjunct

y < z

, beyond both quantifier scopes. The occurrences under

\forall z

are bound variables and are not replaced. Therefore no renaming is required, and

φ [x + z / z] = (\exists x (x < y \to \forall z (x < z + 2))) \lor (y < x + z) .

(1)

The new

x

and

z

in the last disjunct are free. First-order substitution replaces the original free occurrences once; it does not recursively substitute into the inserted term.

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