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This chapter discusses relational calculus as an alternate way of manipulating relations in a database. The partial college database, introduced in the previous chapter (figures 7-1 and 7-2) will be used as a frame or reference. It must be constantly borne in mind that relational algebra and relational calculus are mutual equivalents; most DBMS suites will implement one or the other, or aspects of both, depending on what is convenient to the developers. The chapter proceeds under the following subtopics:
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Foster, E.C., Godbole, S.V. (2014). Relational Calculus. In: Database Systems. Apress, Berkeley, CA. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4842-0877-9_8
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