Intersection Distributes over Union/Mistake

Source Work

2021: Richard Earl and James Nicholson: The Concise Oxford Dictionary of Mathematics (6th ed.):

algebra of sets

Mistake

$A \cap \paren {B \cup C} = \paren {A \cap B} \cup \paren {A \cap \mathop \cap C}$

Correction

An obvious misprint which should read:

$A \cap \paren {B \cup C} = \paren {A \cap B} \cup \paren {A \cap C}$

Sources

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