Unit 1 Flashcards
Blank is the study of formal reasoning
Logic
A blank is a statement that is either true or false.
proposition
A proposition’s blank is a value indicating whether the proposition is actually true or false.
truth value
A blank shows the truth value of a proposition.
truth table
A blank is created by connecting individual propositions with logical operations
compound proposition
A blank combines propositions using a particular composition rule
logical operation
the conjunction operation is denoted by blank
∧
The proposition p ∧ q is read “p and q” and is called the blank of p and q
conjunction
The disjunction operation is denoted by blank
∨
The proposition p ∨ q is read “p or q”, and is called the blank of p and q. p ∨ q is true if either one of p or q is true, or if both are true.
disjunction
The blank of p and q evaluates to true when p is true and q is false or when q is true and p is false.
exclusive or
The blank operation is the same as the disjunction (∨) operation and evaluates to true when one or both of the propositions are true.
inclusive or
The blank operation acts on just one proposition and has the effect of reversing the truth value of the proposition.
negation
The negation of proposition p is denoted blank and is read as “not p”.
¬p
The negation operation is a blank, or an operation that acts on only one input.
unary operation
A logical operation combines blank using a particular composition rule.
propositions
The logical operator that joins two propositions with blank is called the conjunction and is denoted p ∧ q.
AND
The logical operator that joins two propositions with blank is called the disjunction and is denoted p ∨ q. It is the inclusive “or.”
OR
The logical operator that joins two propositions with blank but not both is called the exclusive “or” and is denoted p ⊕ q.
EITHER OR
The blank of a proposition changes it truth value and is denoted ¬p. For example, if p is true then ¬p is false.
negation
Blank is usually denoted with the symbol ⊕
The exclusive or operation
A blank can be created by using more than one operation.
compound proposition
Order of operations in absence of parentheses.
¬ (not)
∧ (and)
∨ (or)
A truth table for a compound statement will have a row for every possible combination of truth assignments for the statement’s variables. If there are n variables, there are blank rows.
2^n