The law appearing in the definition of Boolean algebras
and lattice which states that
for binary operators
and
(which most commonly are logical OR and logical AND ).
The two parts of the absorption law are sometimes called the "absorption identities"
(Grätzer 1971, p. 5).
See also Boolean Algebra ,
Lattice
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References Birkhoff, G. and Mac Lane, S. A Survey of Modern Algebra, 5th ed. New York: Macmillian, p. 317, 1996. Grätzer,
G. Lattice
Theory: First Concepts and Distributive Lattices. San Francisco, CA: W. H.
Freeman, 1971. Referenced on Wolfram|Alpha Absorption Law
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