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===Exemplary proofs===
 
===Exemplary proofs===
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With the meagre utilities of the axioms and theorems set down so far, it is already possible to prove a multitude of much more complex theorems.  A couple of all-time favorites are given next.
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Using no more than the axioms and theorems recorded so far, it is already possible to prove a multitude of much more complex theorems.  A couple of all-time favorites are given next.
    
====Peirce's law====
 
====Peirce's law====
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This section presents a proof of Peirce's law, commonly written:
 
This section presents a proof of Peirce's law, commonly written:
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: <math>((p \Rightarrow q) \Rightarrow p) \Rightarrow p</math>
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<p><math>((p \Rightarrow q) \Rightarrow p) \Rightarrow p</math></p>
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The first order of business is present the statement as it  appears in the so-called ''existential interpretation'' of Peirce's own ''logical graphs''.  Here is the statement of Peirce's law, as rendered under the existential interpretation into (the topological dual forms of) Peirce's logical graphs:
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Figure&nbsp;31 shows the representation of Peirce's law as a tree-form logical graph, as it appears under the existential interpretation.
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{| align="center" border="0" cellpadding="10" cellspacing="0"
o-----------------------------------------------------------o
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| [[Image:Logical_Graph_Figure_31.jpg|500px]] || (31)
| Peirce's Law                                              |
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|}
o-----------------------------------------------------------o
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|                                                          |
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|        p o---o q                                        |
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|          |                                              |
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|          o---o p                                        |
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|          |                                              |
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|          o---o p                                        |
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|          |                                              |
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|          @                =                   @        |
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|                                                           |
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o-----------------------------------------------------------o
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|                                                           |
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|     (((p (q)) (p)) (p)))  =                            |
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|                                                           |
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o-----------------------------------------------------------o
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Finally, here's the promised proof of Peirce's law:
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Finally, here is the promised proof of Peirce's law:
    
<pre>
 
<pre>
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