Sorry if this is too basic, but I am working through Boolean Algebra and Its Applications and do not understand this expansion in the author's example 5 in section 1-6:
$$(A+X+Y)(A+B'+Y') \rightarrow (A+AX+B'X+XY'+AY+B'Y)$$
But where are $AB'$ and $AY'$?
I don't have this book, but I have some limited knowledge about boolean algebra. I believe this should help: $$A+AB'+AY'= A+AY',$$ by the absorption rule. Use it again to get: $$A+AY'=A.$$