Cs610 Lecture 1 Symbolic Logic Examples And Worksheet Page 9

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Biconditional (if an only if)
ex. You are having fun if and only if you are in the computer lab.
The biconditional is true if
p  q means that p is a sufficient condition for q.
ex:
If you are from Baltimore, then you
are
highly intelligent.
~ p  ~ q means p is a necessary condition for q.
ex:
If you are not from Baltimore, then
you are
not highly intelligent.
Is (p → q ) ∧ (~ p → ~ q ) ≡ p ↔ q ?
To prove two statements are logically equivalent:
1.
OR
2.
Arguments
premise
1
premise
2
.
.
premise
n
conclusion
ex. If you are a CS major, you will love this course.
You are a CS major.
∴You will love this course.
When we use p’s and q’s to represent a particular argument, this representation is called an argument form.
CS610 Lecture 1 p. 9

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