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Normal Forms

Third Normal Form (3NF)

A relation is in 3NF if:

  • It is 2NF, and
  • Every non-prime column is non-transitively dependent on every candidate key.

Non-transitive dependence

  • A → B
  • B → C
  • Implies: A → C
  • C is transitively dependent on A
  • B is non-transitively dependent on A

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